“He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle themselves away” – Raymond Hull
Risk
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To explore feelings is to risk exposing our true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try at all is to risk failure.
But to risk we must,
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
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“When we walk to the edge of all of the light we have
And take the step into the darkness of the unknown,
We must believe that one of two things will happen,
There will be something for us to stand on
Or we will be taught to fly”
– Patrick Overton
“Through perseverance many people win success
Out of what seemed destined to be certain failure”
-Benjamin Disraeli
“I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.”
-Abraham Lincoln
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama from an African proverb.
“At the timberline where the storm strike with the most fury,
The sturdies tries are found”
-Hudson newsletter
“Our greatest glory is not in ever falling,
But in rising every time we fall”
– Confuscious
“Ten people who speak make more noise
Than ten thousand who are silent”
-Napolean Bonaparte
“I’d rather have people judge non my authentic self
rather than someone I pretend to be”
-Kevin Lawrence
“Life is a continual process of remaking ourselves”
-Anonymous
“Action is the antidote to despair”
-Joan Baez
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” – Ghandi