no guts, no glory

no guts, no glory

Success does not come without the courage to take risks. I was certainly nervous to start playing again after such a bad injury, but no guts, no glory, right?
See also: glory, no
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have the guts
  • have the guts (to do something)
  • glory be
  • Glory be!
  • intestinal fortitude
  • send (one) to glory
  • send someone to glory
  • send to glory
  • go to (one's) glory
  • go to glory
References in periodicals archive
As the phrase has it: "No guts, no glory." We haven't seen a whole lot of glory from CEOs.