It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because…

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The saddest thing in the world was that human beings, for all their ardent striving and desire, could never achieve physical, emotional, or intellectual…

— Dean Koontz

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent…

— Steven Spielberg

The Battle for the Philippines was the greatest naval battle in history, judged in terms of the number of ships taking part, the number…

— Richard Hough

Love is not a mere emotion or sentiment. It is the lucid and ardent responses of the whole person to a value that is…

— Thomas Merton

The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their…

— Alexander Hamilton

If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things…

— Honore de Balzac

I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed…

— George Washington

The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent…

— Annie Lennox

Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

— Mitt Romney

I am an ardent supporter of Israel in all situations and in all circumstances.

— Thomas Mulcair

Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and…

— Claude Bernard

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem…

— Theodore Bikel

There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The people of both sections…

— Robert Toombs