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If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Til you find your dream. — Sister Margaretta · 1965You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. — Sean · 1997I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought. — Gordon Gekko · 1987Drama (film)4 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Til you find your dream. — Sister Margaretta · 1965You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. — Sean · 1997I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought. — Gordon Gekko · 1987Action3 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. — Bodhi · 1991Action (film)3 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. — Bodhi · 1991Autobiography and memoir2 quotes
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854There are no small steps in great affairs. — Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz · 1717Comedy (play)2 quotes
Fortune assists the brave. — Terence · 161 BCOur doubts are traitors
And makes us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare · 1616Comedy drama2 quotes
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Comedy drama (film)2 quotes
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Commencement address2 quotes
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. — Steve Jobs · 2005You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something…because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference. — Steve Jobs · 2005Crime2 quotes
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. — Bodhi · 1991Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling? — Aunt Emma · 2013Crime (film)2 quotes
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love. — Bodhi · 1991Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling? — Aunt Emma · 2013Historical literature2 quotes
But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. — Pericles · 430 BCGreat successes are not won save by great risks. — Herodotus · 430 BCPolitical speech2 quotes
But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. — Pericles · 430 BCIt 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 and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1910Religious literature2 quotes
Here one must leave behind all hesitation;
here every cowardice must meet its death. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller · 1940Romantic comedy2 quotes
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Romantic comedy (film)2 quotes
You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. I'm telling you its a sin if you don't reach back! It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse. — Pat Sr. · 2012I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life. Or from love, either. — Sabrina Fairchild · 1954Science fiction2 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010Science fiction (film)2 quotes
I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it. — Morpheus · 1999Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone? — Saito · 2010Sports2 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Sports (film)2 quotes
If you build it, he will come. — Shoeless Joe Jackson · 1989Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Animation1 quote
Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it. — Astrid · 2010Animation (film)1 quote
Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it. — Astrid · 2010Biography1 quote
Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling? — Aunt Emma · 2013Biography (film)1 quote
Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling? — Aunt Emma · 2013Children's literature1 quote
I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't. — Roald Dahl · 1975Coming of age1 quote
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Coming of age (film)1 quote
Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong. — The Babe · 1993Crime comedy1 quote
When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop. — Barry The Baptist · 1998Crime comedy (film)1 quote
When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop. — Barry The Baptist · 1998Epic poem1 quote
Here one must leave behind all hesitation;
here every cowardice must meet its death. — Dante Alighieri · 1321