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I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of his heart, but doubt and fear.

The man that stands upon a principle is the same calm, dauntless, self-possessed man under all circumstances.

Do not, I beg you, dread those things which the immortal gods apply to our minds like spurs: misfortune is virtue's opportunity.

Misfortunes press hardest on those who are unacquainted with them: the yoke feels heavy to the tender neck.

I try to scare myself at least once a day.

Your fears must be mastered before you can win in any worthwhile undertaking in life.

Uncertainty gives fear a chance to get in its deadly work on the imagination and make cowards of us.

When the need comes, there is a power deep within us that answers the call.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

So, if you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.