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- Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do.
- Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893)
- Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
- George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)
- Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.
- David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)
- Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
- Goethe
- The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
- Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar
- Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.
- Frederick Wilcox
- You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- Beverly Sills (1929 - )
- Saving love doesn't bring any interest.
- Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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