If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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RISK

1.    And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. ~Erica Jong

2.    Better hazard once than always be in fear. ~Thomas Fuller

3.    Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high. Come to the edge! And they came, and he pushed....and they flew. ~Christopher Logue

4.    Dare to be naive. ~Buckminster Fuller

5.    Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. ~Goethe

6.    Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. ~Unknown

7.    Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. ~D.Lloyd George

8.    Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. ~Chauncey Depew

9.    Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity. ~Omar Idn Al-Halif

10.  Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. ~Charles de Gaulle

11.  Growth means change and change involves risks, stepping from the known to the unknown. ~George Shinn

12.  Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. ~Augustus Hare

13.  He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. ~Thomas Fuller

14.  If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. ~Arthur Koestler

15.  If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

16.  If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room. ~Unknown

17.  Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.

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

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

20.  Risk and reward travel side by side. Avoid one, and the other will also pass you by. ~Unknown

21.  Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ~Katherine Mansfield

22.  Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee,
and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet
dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all,
O my brave soul!
O farther farther sail!
O daring joy, but safe! are they not all the seas of God? ~Walt Whitman

23.  Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Helen Keller

24.  Ships in safe harbour are safe, but that is not what ships are built for. ~William Shedd

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

26.  To discover new oceans, we must have the courage to lose site of the shore. ~Unknown

27.  To win without risk is to triumph without glory. ~Pierre Corneille

28.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. ~June Jordan