“I will praise the Lord with my
Whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright
And in the congregation.”
Psalm 111:1
The key is to keep company
Only with people who uplift you,
Whose presence calls forth your best.
- Epictetus
You are the sum total of
Everything you've ever seen,
Heard, eaten, smelled, been told,
Forgot… it's all there.
Everything influences each of us,
And because of that I try to make
Sure that my experiences are positive.
- Maya Angelou
To laugh is to risk
appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing
Sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk
Involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing
Your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before
A crowd is to risk their
loss
To love is to risk not being loved in
Return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the
Greatest hazard in life is
to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing,
Has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change,
Grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave who
Has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
- William Arthur Ward
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