Ray Bradbury Quotes

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.

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

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

Sure, I got lost, which is an actor's worst nightmare. But it is a gift as well, because great things come out of being lost and unsure, especially if you have a controlling side or a perfectionist side, which plenty of us do.

Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed.

I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.

One thing about pushing yourself outside your comfort zone is that you're going to make mistakes, and you're going to fall flat on your face sometimes.

I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.

You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

Leap and grow your wings on the way down

Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.

... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting go of that sense of security.. is the challenge. ... think of yourself as climbing a ladder. To move to the next rung, you must give up your grip and reach for the next one.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

You can't go into new life experiences without the understanding that yeah, you may fail, but knowing you might fail can't stop you from trying.