Jacqueline Cochran Quotes

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Every year, I push myself to do something different - and push the boundaries a little bit more.

I'm drawn to opportunities that are going to challenge me and cause me to look outside of my own experiences.

I always like being able to do something I haven't done before.

What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself.

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

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

I just care about what I get to unearth and what makes me uncomfortable and what makes me grow because, ultimately, I just don't want to ever play it safe.

I always want to be the person that's able to try something new.

I want to be someone who takes risks but also stays engaged by trying new things.

If you don't take risks in your life, you never feel something new, so I taste something new, and I like that.

There are few things I've never done in my life.

I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.

You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.

The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

I'm really a believer in being in situations that feel new and awkward and different. And I love that feeling of being in motion - that sense you find when you're traveling.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

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

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.