Otto von Bismarck
Statesman, Chancellor
"We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity."
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Audacity
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Barack Obama
Politician
"Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us...A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead."
Barack Obama
Politician
"Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!"
Pliny the Elder
Naturalist, Author
"Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work."
Niccolo Machiavelli
Political Philosopher, Historian
"Impetuosity and audacity often achieve what ordinary means fail to achieve."
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"In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable."
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"The first quality that is needed is audacity."
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"Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far."
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"Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy."
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"Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity."
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"Innocence alone dares commit certain acts of audacity. Virtue, when tutored, is as calculating as vice."
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"Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance."
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"In many ways [those middle-aged black ladies] my touchstone, because they are what I meant when I talked about the audacity of hope."
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"Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts."
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"To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil."
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"It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found."
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"I think that when you have audacity, you will get polarization."
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