Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
Leap, and the net will appear.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
The best revenge is the massive success.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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