It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. -- Seneca

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The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. -- Thomas Fuller

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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. -- Ursula K. LeGuin

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What you risk reveals what you value. -- Jeanette Winterson

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -- Marcel Proust

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The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
-- Oprah Winfrey

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Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. -- Patty Hansen

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Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death.
-- Betty Bender

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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
-- Jennie Jerome Churchill

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They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm. -- Dorothy Parker

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The world belongs to the energetic. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Adventure is worthwhile in itself. -- Amelia Earhart

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Find a shore you cannot see and sail for it. -- Bill Purdin

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It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at world from outer space.
-- Thomas K. Mattingly II (Apollo 16 astronaut)