Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

My mantra in life is 'nothing ventured, nothing gained,' and I very strongly stick by it.

I believe great people do things before they are ready.

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

I think it's important to take chances.

To be successful, one must take chances.

In order to do something really good, you have to take risks - that's what I do.

Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.

Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper

Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

You must play boldly to win.

You've gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.