Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Post #3128
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
—Søren Kierkegaard
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Post #1193
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Post #1064
To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea - "cruising," it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
"I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.
What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.
The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed.
Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?
—from "Wanderer" by Sterling Hayden, Sailor extraordinaire
"I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.
What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.
The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed.
Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?
—from "Wanderer" by Sterling Hayden, Sailor extraordinaire
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Post #885
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, November 04, 2011
Post #760
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
—Napoleon Bonaparte
—Napoleon Bonaparte
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Post #530
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
—T.S. Eliot
—T.S. Eliot
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Post #435
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · No Talent, but yet a Character