"A sobering thought: what if, right at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"
"Rick is a fighter and he never gives up. To me, he's the athlete and I'm just out there loaning him my arms and legs so that he can compete."
"It's when we're given choice that we sit with the gods and design ourselves."
"Setting the world on fire is risky, but we usually don't realize this until smoke gets in our eyes. Burnout is a condition caused by unbalance: too much work or responsibility, too little time to do it, over too long a period. Sound familiar?"
"An adventure is a transgression you don't regret."
"We must travel in the direction of our fear."
"Unfulfilled desires are dangerous forces."
"The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed."
"Be Glad. Be Good. Be Brave."
"With color, for the price of a pot of paint, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for color has to be developed by experiment. If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness."
"We fear success with good reason. We've got a lot at stake. Success brings change, and change is uncomfortable. But by attempting to achieve one challenge at a time, we redefine success for ourselves and those we love."
"Playing it safe is the riskiest choice you can ever make."
"The greatest thing a human being ever does in this world is to see something…. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one."
"The greatest thing a human being ever does in this world is to see something…. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one."
"And the day came when the risk [it took] to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
"We are all failures—at least all the best of us are."
"Let us not fear the hidden. Or each other."
"What you risk reveals what you value."
"Just get over it."
"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one."
"Kindness is the mark of faith; and whoever has not kindness has not faith."
