Taking Chances Quotes

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.

In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!

I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?

Sometimes you just have to have faith in your own ideas. If you don't someone else will. Why should it be them and not you? The only difference is who is willing to take a chance.

Everything you want lies on the other side of learning to trust yourself. Take a chance. Have faith. You already know who you are, what you want, and where you want to go.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

The danger of venturing into uncharted waters is not nearly as dangerous as staying on shore, waiting for your boat to come in.

I will not allow my mistakes of the past compromise my hope for the future.

A healthy attitude is contagious; let others catch it.

Before I can become an expert on anything, I must first become an expert on me.

Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.

Usually the opposite of what we fear is our greatest fear.

It is how we nurture the good and deal with the bad that ultimately shapes our destiny.

Trying to mix the right shade of blue to paint the ocean sky; not quite sure how it will turn out; jumping into something new here, like a big ocean of newness." -Jennifer Ritchie Payette, Mind Body Coach, Innovation Consultant, and co-author "Modular Career Design