Curious - Adventurous

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- widely misattributed to Mark Twain

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers
and it's OK not to be perfect,
you realize that feeling confused
is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.
- Winona Ryder

Be curious; be adventurous; live life full-out.
Accept the challenge, and reach for the brass ring.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choose to Love Life

Life as a Dance

Think Big, Act Big

Don't Wait!

Addicted to Safety?

Welcome the Unknown

Think Big, Act Big

There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela

When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Further reading: Being Big - Standing Tall

Live Your Greatest Life

Wanting is Not Enough

Find Your Passion

Being Big - Standing Tall

We should be too big to take offense
and too noble to give it.
- Abraham Lincoln

Little minds have little worries,
big minds have no time for worries.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
- Abraham Lincoln (attributed)

When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

To leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Further reading: Think Big

How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Be Brave and Chase Your Dreams
     

Think Big

There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Focus on the future, rather than the past.
You can mold a future you choose.
Be optimistic, dream and take action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

How to Think Positive

Be Brave and Chase Your Dreams

Think Big Quotes

Follow Your Dream Quotes

Positive Thinking Quotes

Life Purpose Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Being Yourself Quotes

Nelson Mandela quotes: There is no passion to be found playing small

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
- Nelson Mandela

After being imprisoned for 27 years for opposing apartheid, Nelson Mandela served from 1994 to 1999 as President of South Africa following the abolition of apartheid.

Further reading: I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.

Love even those who hate you

Let me bring peace into moments of chaos - jlh

Nelson Mandela: If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.