Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word love here not merely in a personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace — not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth. —James Baldwin More about this quote Tags: love life fear knowledge happiness growth daring Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Great fear is concealed under daring. —Lucan More about this quote Tags: fear courage daring Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Romania had been under communist rule since 1945, but it was after Ceausescu came to power in 1965 that life really began to deteriorate. . . . Then, one night in the late 1980s, a group of men dressed as street sweepers draped the statue of Lenin in Bucharest with big truck tires and set them on fire. It was a bold and daring act in a country where, it was said, for every Romanian on the street there were two secret police officers. The next morning traffic was detoured while workers from nearby factories were brought in to clean the statue with razor blades. That day I realized that change was possible. —Florin Ion Firimita More about this quote Tags: history power change communism daring Romania Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise you'll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in. —Anne Lamott More about this quote Tags: mystery adventure daring Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. —Elizabeth Kenny More about this quote Tags: boldness daring lions Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
For every one torturer, there are a thousand people ready to risk their lives to save another. For every soldier who shoots in a neighborhood, there are a thousand compañeros who help and protect each other. —Isabel Allende More about this quote Tags: risk torture daring Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email