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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take read more
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Every risk is worth taking as long as its for a Good cause and contributes to a Good life.
Every risk is worth taking as long as its for a Good cause and contributes to a Good life.
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence read more
It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.