If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds.
In plain words
If you want to be completely safe, you will spend your life watching instead of flying.
Where these words come from
- 90% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Speech to the Western Society of Engineers, September 18, 1901; published in the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers (Dec. 1901)
- 1901
More on courage
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus AureliusYou can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Rabindranath TagoreStrength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma GandhiWhen spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.Ethiopian proverbFor sometimes it is an act of bravery even to live.
SenecaIf you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Confucius
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Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning.Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge.Albert Einstein
Marie CurieOne never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.Marie CurieBe less curious about people and more curious about ideas.Marie CurieLook deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning.Albert EinsteinImagination is more important than knowledge.Albert Einstein