Never Be Afraid To Take Chances Quotes & Sayings

So do you want to be one of those people who goes through life never truly living? Never taking chances because you're too afraid of falling? Or do you want to take risks, no matter how scary they may be, for the slightest chance you may just get to experience something extraordinary in a rather ordinary life? — Danielle Jamie

Son, never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl. — James Crumley

Oh not that I was ever even incompletely deaf. — Samuel Beckett

I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren't afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even goofy. I've never shied away from controversial characters. — Matt Dillon

I make wishes, but she says never be afraid to take chances. — Delano Johnson

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances. — Mario Andretti

Science fiction is using an exploration of where we might be, to explore where it seems like we are heading, in order to reveal exactly where we are. — N.a.

I'm not a poet. But my wife is. She taught me to look for the extraordinary in the simplicity. She taught me about emotion, and truth, and second chances. You see, I never realized a person can keep giving everything with no thought to take. Alexa, you changed my life, but I was too afraid to reach for it. I believed I wasn't good enough. Now I realize the truth. — Jennifer Probst

Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're feeling inspired or not; never be afraid to take chances, in fact, make sure you take chances. As soon as you become complacent, you become boring ... Read as much as possible, not simply in the genre, or what you think you're interested in, but other things as well. — Charles De Lint

A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected. — Chanakya

The lesser grindstone stood alone there in the calm morning air, with a red upon it that the sun had never given, and would never take away. — Charles Dickens

Good spending decisions are made when we know we're spending money, not fooled into thinking we're saving money. --pg 52 — Cristin Frank