"Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn't, he won nothing."

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Source : John Jakes (2012). “Homeland”, p.253, Open Road Media

John Jakes

#Ambition Quotes #Men Quotes #Risk Quotes

“Being humble matters.”

Source : "Getting Real with Kevin Hart". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. January 17, 2014.
“I feel the responsibility to make things which on some level have something positive to say.”
“It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.”
“O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.”
“People are not in a good mood when any politician's face appears on television.”
“When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
“The biggest thing is to let your voice be heard, let your story be heard.”
“Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood.”

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