taking-chances

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?

You__l learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.

If you've ever been hungry, you can never be full.

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

You get that one chance; and damn it, you__e got to take it! If there__ one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity, its that there are those things that might happen only once, those chances that come walking down the street, strolling out of a café; if you don__ let go and take them, they really could get away! We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement_ the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness_ that we forget why we came here! We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have! Not to wait! Nobody came here to wait! So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again? It could, but what if it doesn__? You go and you take the chance that you get; even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish! Because it just might not come back again. You could wait a lifetime to see if it will...but I don__ think you should.

A lifetime isn't forever, so take the first chance, don't wait for the second one! Because sometimes, there aren't second chances! And if it turns out to be a mistake? So what! This is life! A whole bunch of mistakes! But if you never get a second chance at something you didn't take a first chance at? That's true failure.

_"What does it mean if you tried to get somewhere, and you didn't?" "Like what?" "Like if you were trying to get somewhere, but you couldn't find it? Does that mean something bad?" "No. It doesn't mean something bad. It just means you have a second chance to do it. And two chances is always better than just one.

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.

When the situation demands action, know the end of the action before you start the action

Nothing's ever simple. I just don't want you to ignore possibilities out of fear. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith, believing that somebody's going to catch you.

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

Anything in your life that__ acting as a security blanket is only smothering the person you were born to be.

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes a "mistake" can end up being the best decision you ever make.