To live is to risk Death. To act is to risk failure.
To laugh risks, appearing a fool. To love has risk not being loved .
To cry is to risk appearing sentimental and weak .
To reach out to another is to risk involvement or rejection.
To place your ideas, dreams, and desires before people is to risk ridicule and criticism .
The greatest omission in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing gets nothing,reach nothing, has nothing, is ultimately nothing. He may avoid suffering, pain and sorrow, but he does not learn, grow, live, or love. He is only a slave - chained by safety - locked away by fear. Only a person who is willing to risk, not knowing the results, is alive ,hopeful successful and all rewarded and awarded.
The World is full of critics ,The vicarious Athletes . They play no ball. They fight no fights. They make no mistakes, because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they attempt many things. The person who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never, ever tries anything new. He is the check and brake on the wheel of progress. The very fact that he tries nothing, takes no chances, does nothing except criticize those who try.
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
~ Michael Jordan
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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