CURATED COLLECTION

Taking Risks

The safe path and the meaningful path are not always the same path — on the wisdom of leaping.

50 quotes found

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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The most dangerous thing you can do is play it safe.

—Angélique KidjoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.

—Susan B. AnthonyReformer

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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No one saves us but ourselves. We ourselves must walk the path.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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To survive in this city, you must be willing to lose everything.

—K. Sello DuikerNovelist

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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Don't go with the flow. Be the flow. Be yourself, bravely.

—Shams-i-TabriziMystic & Theologian

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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My brothers, you have no other recourse than to follow me.

—Túpac Amaru IIAuthor & Thinker

Enlightenment ERA • Latin America

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Stop waiting to be invited in. Kick the door down.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.

—Muhammad AliBoxer & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier will shrink from service.

—Thomas PaineActivist, Philosopher & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • North America

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Speak, for your lips are free. / Speak, for your words are still your own.

—Faiz Ahmad FaizScholar & Thinker

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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It is always necessary to say what one thinks, and not to be afraid of it.

—Maxim GorkyAuthor, Activist & Revolutionary

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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We are new, brave, and the dawn is ours.

—Endre AdyPoet & Journalist

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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A writer must always be with the oppressed. This is my simple philosophy.

—Mahasweta DeviWriter & Activist

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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I am, by God, fit for greatness, and I walk in my own path with pride.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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A heroic spirit does not ask whether you are man or woman.

—Qiu JinFeminist, Revolutionary & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • East Asia

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These are the times that try men's souls.

—Thomas PaineActivist, Philosopher & Revolutionary

Enlightenment ERA • North America

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We are all responsible for what we tolerate.

—Roxane GayWriter, Editor & Critic

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I am fit for high position, and walk my path with pride.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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