Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained…

"Nothing noble is done without risk."
André Gide

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."
Charles Kettering

"What isn't tried won't work."
Claude McDonald

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."
Helen Keller

"It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before, to test your limits, to break through barriers. And, the day comes when the risk it takes to remain tight inside the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom."
 Anaïs Nin

"Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Big Dreams May Require Big Risks

"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."
B. C. Forbes

"If you say you never had a chance, perhaps you never took a chance."
Howard Schultz

"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."
Bette Davis

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."
Herodotus

"No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty."
George Eliot

Taking the Leap of Faith

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."
Henry David Thoreau

"All growth is a leap in the dark."
Henry Miller

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."
David Lloyd George

And Finally

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others. Do the hardest thing on earth. Act for yourself. Face the truth."
Katherine Mansfield

This page was written and compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.