Seneca the Younger Quotes

Never surrender opportunity for security.

Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

Freedom is not safety but opportunity.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You've got to protect yourself.

...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you.

I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

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.

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.

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

I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most.

I don't hide out. If you build a wall around yourself, it draws people to invade it. Fear is the enemy.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why.

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.

Fear is the foundation of safety.