Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.

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"It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you."

- Roald Dahl

Love

"It’s a funny thing about mothers... Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful."

- Roald Dahl

Love

""For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.""

- Roald Dahl

Awareness

"For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now."

- Roald Dahl

Awareness

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."

- Roald Dahl

Balance

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"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

- Tina Fey

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"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Taking Risks

"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."

Taking Risks

"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

Taking Risks

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

- Thomas Aquinas

Taking Risks