“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” Cecil Beaton

“Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.” William Arthur Ward

“Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see” William Newton Clarke

“It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” Seneca

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Eliot

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~Soren Kierkegaard

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. ~Frederick B. Wilcox

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~Frank Scully

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ~Tim McMahon

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~Wayne Gretzky

A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. ~John A. Shedd

To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb

To win you have to risk loss. ~Jean-Claude Killy

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. ~Napoleon Bonaparte

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. ~Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978

Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. ~Author Unknown

Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ~Samuel Johnson

The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. ~Author Unknown

The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. ~Robert MacIver







Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ~Robert F. Kennedy




Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid. ~Professor Bernie




It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ~Seneca




What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? ~Robert H. Schuller




Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. Unknown




If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? ~Aleksander Solzhenitsyn




Dare to be naive. ~Buckminster Fuller




One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~André Gide




Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~James Bryant Conant




Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. Horace

You never know what you can do until you have to do it. -Betty Ford

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