“When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life and that I can’t do.”— J. C. Chandor, amazon.comTagged: Action, Taking Action, Taking Risks, Doing It Scared, Fear
“Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.”— Hunter S. Thompson, goodreads.comTagged: Excitment, Taking Risks, Taking Chances, Enjoying Life
“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”— Erica Jong, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Fighting For Love, Taking Risks, Leap of Faith
“Stop freaking out! Relationships aren’t that hard, they only feel hard because we stress over them for no reason and create problems when there aren’t any. Everything will be OK, just relax and trust the timing of your life.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.comTagged: Don't Be Lazy, Dating, Love, Relationships, relax
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens…”— Louise Erdrich, amazon.comTagged: Life, Love, Taking Risks, Emotion, Betrayal
“What if you didn’t run? This one time. What if you stayed, and let love overtake you?”— Dr. Joshua Bennett, twitter.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Taking Chances, Choosing Love, romance
“Elsewhere are two letters that were never sent, because of pride, each a declaration of love that would’ve changed lives.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.comTagged: Love, Love Letters, What Could Have Been, Taking A Chance, Taking Risks
“There is no excuse good enough to ever be out of alignment with love. You’re going to get hurt, and you will feel pain. Yet your purpose is to keep loving, anyway. Love is what brings light to a dark place. Love is what transforms a dying world into a thriving planet.”— Alaric Hutchinson, amazon.comTagged: Love, vulnerability
“Baby, I have no idea how this will end. Maybe the equator will fall like a hula hoop from the Earth’s hips And our mouths will freeze mid-kiss on our 80th anniversary. Or maybe tomorrow my absolute insanity Combined with the absolute obstacle course of your communication skills Will leave us like a…”— Andrea Gibson, youtube.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Beginnings, Endings, Passion
“You will either step forward into growth or you will step backward into safety.”— Abraham Maslow, brainyquote.comTagged: Growth, Change, Security, Taking Risks, Taking Chances
“Step into this experience with the goose bumps in your heartbeat.”— Buddy Wakefield, amazon.comTagged: Love, Fear, Nervous, Doing It Scared, Taking A Chance
“The idea is to participate in your existence.”— Buddy Wakefield, youtube.comTagged: Life, Living, Taking Action, Taking Initiative, Making Things Happen
“Withholding distorts reality. It makes the people who do the withholding ugly and small-hearted. It makes the people from whom things are withheld crazy and desperate and incapable of knowing what they actually feel. So release yourself from that. Don't be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.comTagged: Love, Withholding Love
“Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.comTagged: Self-Perception, Self-Esteem, Faking It Until You Make It
“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”— Andy Warhol, amazon.comTagged: Love, Falling In Love, Relationships
“The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”— David Levithan, amazon.comTagged: Uncertainty, Certainty, Answers
“So what I’m trying to say is you should text me back. Because there’s a precedent. Because there’s an urgency. Because there’s a bedtime. Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and if you don’t respond soon, I won’t know if you’d wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”— Marina Keegan, amazon.comTagged: Poetry, Relationships, Communication, Urgency, Texting
“Sometimes, all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.comTagged: Asking, Dreams, Asking for what you want
“Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.comTagged: inspiration, Self-Doubt, Going All In, Commitment, Choices
“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.”— Jack Kornfield, goodreads.comTagged: Letters, Living life, Loving
“Just because you love something doesn't mean it has to consume your days. It can just add richness and texture to your life.”— Lea Michele, amazon.comTagged: Love, Life
“The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of love.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships
“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.comTagged: Love, vulnerability
“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.comTagged: Waiting, Taking Action, Self-Direction
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.comTagged: Happiness, Pain, Risk
“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.comTagged: Love, Life, Perspective, Inspirational
“When love is real and genuine, it will flow easily and effortlessly.”— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.comTagged: Don't Be Lazy, Dating, Love, Relationships
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Suffering, Love
“Find out what you’re afraid of and go live there.”— Chuck Palahniuk, goodreads.comTagged: Fear, inspiration, motivation, Embracing Fear
“Love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, w…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Life, Accepting Love, Change