"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" - Anais Nin
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as tough you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn" - Harriet Beecher Stowe
"In the end if you wake knowing you have risked everything for what you desire...then you can rest for eternity knowing you have truly lived" - Rudyard Kipling