"You can't test courage cautiously." — Annie Dillard

You can't test courage cautiously. - Annie Dillard

"You can't test courage cautiously."

— Annie Dillard

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260 Quotes by Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard has 260 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a…
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each…
You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word…
The way we live our days, is the way we live our lives.
I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
I think the dying pray at the last not "please," but "thank you," as a guest thanks his host at…
I think that the dying pray at the last not please but thank you, as a guest thanks his host…
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where…
Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you…
When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood…

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More Bravery Quotes

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — Aristotle
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate… — Aristotle
I'm not funny. What I am is brave. — Lucille Ball
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a… — Joseph Addison
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. — Georges Bernanos
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. — Erma Bombeck
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. — Napoleon Bonaparte
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee

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