It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. --Theodore Roosevelt
Curative
Every brand of psychotherapy regardless of its scientific, fundamental, or philosophical orientation, has converged on the idea that voluntary exposure to challenge is curative. — Jordan Peterson
Dare Mighty Things
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt
Be Brave
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” --Paulo Coelho
Small Dreams
Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to move the hearts of men. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Fail and Achieve
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” --Robert Kennedy
Discover New Lands
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” —Andre Gide
Loved and Lost
“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson
A Thousand Miles
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” —Lao Tzu
Not a Problem
“It’s not a problem within myself to need to ask for help sometimes when I get stuck.” — H., 15 years old
The Only Thing Necessary
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke
Sometimes It's Hard
“Sometimes it’s hard to talk feelings out.” —E., 9 years old
It is Not the Critic Who Counts
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” —Theodore Roosevelt