Thoughts—Risks	
QUICK CHECK:	
Twenty years from 
now you will be more 
disappointed by the 
things you didn’t do 
than by the ones you 
did do.  So throw off 
the bowlines.  Sail 
away from the safe 
harbor.  Catch the 
trade winds in your 
sails.  Explore.  
Dream.  Discover.
          —Mark Twain  
Life’s a play; all the 	
world’s a stage; and you’re the star!  —Shakespeare
Always remember that this whole thing was started 
by a mouse.     —Walt Disney
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me.  
It's because of them I'm doing it myself.
    —Albert Einstein
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career.  I've 
lost almost 300 games.  26 times I've been trusted to 
take the game winning shot and missed.  I've failed 
over and over and over again in my life.  And that is 
why I succeed.  —Michael Jordan
Statistically — 100% of the shots you don’t take, 
don’t go in.   —Wayne Gretzsky
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living 
someone else's life.    —Steve Jobs
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can 
only connect them looking backwards.  So you have 
to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your 
future.  You have to trust in something — your gut, 
destiny, life, whatever.  This approach has never let 
me down, and it has made all the difference in my 
life.    —Steve Jobs	
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do 
nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.     —Aristotle
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve 
greatly.   —Robert Kennedy
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by 
the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Do the one thing you think you cannot do.  Fail 
at it.  Try again.  Do better the second time.  The 
only people who never tumble are those who never 
mount the high wire.  This is your moment.  Own it.
   —Oprah Winfrey	
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.	
To expose your ideas, your dreams,
before a crowd, is to risk their loss.	
To love is to risk not being loved in return.	
To believe is to risk failure.	
But risks must be taken, because the greatest   	
hazard in life is to risk nothing.	
The people who risk nothing do nothing,	
have nothing, are nothing.	
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they 
cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.	
Only a person who risks is free.	
1. Shakespeare:  Who’s the star in life’s play?
2. Einstein: Why is he thankful for being told NO?
3. Jordan: Why does he succeed?
4. Jobs: When can you:  a) not connect the dots?  
 b) connect the dots?  c) So what 4 things does 	
Jobs suggest to trust?	
5. Aristotle: How to you avoid criticism?
6. Stevenson: By what should you judge each day?
7. Winfrey: Who are the people who never tumble?
8. Poem: Who is free?
9. a) Which quote do you like?  b) Why?
Thoughts & Quotes