Thought for the Week: take a chance

"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything." ~ Win Borden

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." ~ William Shedd

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin

"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving." ~ Unknown

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen." ~ Paulo Coelho

"Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is." ~ Jimmy Carter

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Comments

[Joanna Young]

Hi Hilda, thanks for a great set of quotes. I love the one from Anais Nin. She's also the author of one of my favourite quotes on stories: "there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person..."
Joanna