Dynamics
Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold. (Baltasar Gracian)
Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendered. (John Donne)
Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves. (Yevgeny Yevtushenko)
If you knew how cowardly your enemy is, you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy. (Edgar Watson Howe)
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs. (Nietzsche)
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem to be, or to be, when it suits him, a coward. (Edgar Allan Poe)
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring, through obeying the blind urge. (Henry Miller)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear of absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. (Mark Twain)
Perfect simplicity is unconsciously audacious. (George Meredith)
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. (Leonardo da Vinci)
To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. (Edward Weeks)
In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are safest. (Livy)
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. (Napoleon I)