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Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase - that's what wild geese are for.
Author Unknown
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
Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.
Author Unknown
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
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
G.K. Chesterton
What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the Plum for want of courage to shake the Tree?
Logan Pearsall Smith
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for.
John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic
To eat an egg, you must break the shell.
Jamaican Proverb
To win you have to risk loss.
Jean-Claude Killy
