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“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.”
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“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”
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“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
T.S. Eliot quotes (American born English Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965)
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“No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may retain entirely unaffected for the better.”
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“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.”
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“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart”
Paulo Coelho quotes (Mystical author, one of Brazil's most successful novelist)
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“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision”
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“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum”
Sir Walter Scott quotes (Scottish Novelist, Poet, Historian and Biographer, 1771-1832)
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“Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.”
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