Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

CourageFearRiskSafety Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Helen Keller

WisdomCautionConflictRiskHuman Nature Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Baltasar Gracian

ChoiceFreedomFulfillmentRiskLifestyle All the time, I've felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn't.

Christopher Hitchens

CourageHonorArtRisk Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.
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Ernest Hemingway

CautionDestinyRiskSurrender The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Napoleon Bonaparte

MarriageRiskHopeUncertainty Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Leonardo da Vinci

CourageAmbitionChangeProgressRisk Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

John D. Rockefeller

AdventureLife SatisfactionRiskFreedomLongevity A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

Bertrand Russell

UncertaintyParentingStrategyRisk Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous.

Brene Brown

VulnerabilityUncertaintyRiskEmotional Exposure Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

Brene Brown