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1."Whateveryoucando,or
dreamyoucan,beginit.
Boldnesshasgenius,powerand
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HelenKeller
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difficultthatwedarenot
venture.It'sbecausewedare
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31."Necessityisthemother
oftakingchances."Mark
Twain
32."99percentofsuccessis
builtonfailure."Charles
Kettering
33."Progressalwaysinvolves
risks.Youcan'tstealsecond
baseandkeepyourfooton
first."FrederickWilcox
34."Whatgreatthingwould
youattemptifyouknewyoucouldnotfail?"RobertSchuller
35."Everysocietyhonorsitsliveconformistsanditsdead
troublemakers."MignonMcLaughlin
36."Youcanonlybeasgoodasyoudaretobebad."John
Barrymore
37."Anythingthatissuccessfulisaseriesofmistakes."Billie
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38."Givemetheyoungmanwhohasbrainsenoughtomakea
foolofhimself."RobertLouisStevenson
39."Ifit'sagoodidea,goaheadanddoit.It'smucheasierto
apologizethanitistogetpermission."RearAdmiralGrace
Hopper
40."Ifyourisknothing,thenyouriskeverything."GeenaDavis
41."Takinganewstep,uttering
anewword,iswhatpeoplefear
most."FyodorDostoevsky
42."Remember,adeadfishcan
floatdownastream,butit
takesaliveonetoswim
upstream."W.C.Fields
43."Takerisks:ifyouwin,you
willbehappyifyoulose,you
willbewise."Anonymous
44."Todareistoloseone's
footingmomentarily.Tonotdareistoloseoneself."Soren
Kierkegaard
45."You'llalwaysmiss100%oftheshotsyoudon'ttake."
WayneGretzky
46."Itisonlyinadventurethatsomepeoplesucceedinknowing
themselves."AndreGide
47."Donotbetootimidandsqueamishaboutyouractions.Alllife
isanexperiment.Themoreexperimentsyoumakethebetter."
RalphWaldoEmerson

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