He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

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.

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.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth read more

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love read more

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.

If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

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.