What is necessary is never a risk.
To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.
Women must think strategically about creating ongoing pressure for change.
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile ... initially scared me to death.
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.
I'll always push the envelope. To me, the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don't play it safe.
If the risk-reward ratio is right, you can make big money buying trouble.
What isn't tried won't work.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!
Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature.
All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little.
Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.
I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.
Those lose least who have least to lose.
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of a fall.