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“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.”

“It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”

“You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

“It is not the critic who counts”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.”

“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.”

“Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.”

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”

“You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life.”

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.”