Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside… Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them… the weak will become prey to the strong

I would not dare so dishonor my Creator’s name by attaching it to this filthy book

There now ensued a series of incidents which transported me to the opposite extremes of ecstasy and horror; incidents which I tremble to recall and dare not seek to interpret.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest

Despite my solitary life, I have found infinite joy in books and writing, and am by far too much interested in the affairs of the world to quit the scene before Nature shall claim me.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us… It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

The Russian soul is a dark place.

Sometimes you will talk so that he cannot answer. Sometimes you will be so silent that he will not dare to speak in front of you.

Does it mean this, does it mean that, that’s all anybody wants to know. I’d say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it’s there

I live my life because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame.

Life inspires more dread than death – it is life which is the great unknown.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

Don’t be afraid to do something different Dare to be something more.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.

I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre’s hive of oppression and not suffer some form of an emotional tsunami.

There was a reason my first substantial role after rehab was to play a maniac whose personal story ended badly. I knew what it was like to go those dark places. I played a guy who died as a result of his abuse.

There may be babblers who dare to condemn my hypothesis. I value them not.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Do not dare not to dare.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail… failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion.

How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live unblinded? How much of this pain can I use

Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.

Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!

Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

I didn’t die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn’t survive certain things… people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst… for many reasons, I shouldn’t be here.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave

Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

Do I dare disturb the universe?