"There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity." — Jamaica Kincaid

"There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity."

— Jamaica Kincaid

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68 Quotes by Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is true that I am a writer, and I was married to a composer, and I have lived in…
But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas…
I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I…
I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't…
The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.
When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do…
Gardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular,…
The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they…
There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.
One day I was living silently in a personal hell, without anyone to tell what I felt, without even knowing…
But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere.…
It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.

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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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