Everything Else is just Waiting

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Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. – Karl Wallenda

Unless you enter the tiger’s den, you cannot take the cubs. – Japanese proverb

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature. – Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

If you don’t have some bad loans you are not in business. – Paul Volcker

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. – James Bryant Conant

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – Elbert G. Hubbard

One throw of the dice will never abolish chance. – Stephane Mallarme

To win you have to risk loss. – Jean-Claude Killy

If you bet a horse, that’s gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that’s entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that’s business. See the difference? – William F. Sherrod

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