William Arthur Ward Quotes

If you don’t jump, the wings never come.

I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

If your life is ever going to get better, you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

The only person that ever stumbles is a guy moving forward. You don't stumble backwards; you stumble forward, and you never stumble when you're stationary. So don't worry about stumbling. Keep pushing it forward.

And as a woman, you need to take risks. Don't stay too long in your own swim lane.

Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn.

You do have to challenge yourself. I think scared is a good thing.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

If you're not uncomfortable on a daily basis, you're not making much progress.

I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living.

People who are scared don't live life.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

The truth is, I like to engage with life fully. Given an opportunity to do something I don't often get a chance to do, I feel the need to try it, even if I suspect I'll make a fool out of myself.