Sherman Alexie Quotes

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

You have to try things in life.

Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.

Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing.

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

You're not living if you don't go out and try things for yourself.

When I was younger, I never thought I'd be brave enough to go and play abroad.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.

I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.

It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go.

No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.

The most adventurous I've been was doing Raleigh International when I was 20.

Always trying new things is always more fun, and it can be scary, but it's always more fun in the end.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

I love when I am outside my comfort zone.

I really respond to putting myself out of my own depth and finding my feet.

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.