![It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YSa2OltHJ2s/X1tvJqhnrSI/AAAAAAAAH0Y/FGRyYIkt8PQ35amZxtjGnR-0wfkW_s1agCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-hard-to-fail-but-it-is-worse-never-to-have-tried-to-succeed.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: bravery
![It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YSa2OltHJ2s/X1tvJqhnrSI/AAAAAAAAH0Y/FGRyYIkt8PQ35amZxtjGnR-0wfkW_s1agCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-hard-to-fail-but-it-is-worse-never-to-have-tried-to-succeed.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![She’d also called me brave…unless she was talking to the catfish.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_LAIByy2lh0/X1t7ag8p4lI/AAAAAAAAJMc/Rjl6NAbbXDMFmeYCLBX7jlmM3fnvBtnLQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/shed-also-called-me-braveunless-she-was-talking-to-the-catfish.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
She’d also called me brave…unless she was talking to the catfish.
![Without fear there cannot be courage.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CN_ez4RQvYA/X1uR8dijIdI/AAAAAAAALkE/PhEs6ZL68o02J13FZINH3MFYxo3Gk411ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/without-fear-there-cannot-be-courage.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Without fear there cannot be courage.
![You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rS3nQ2OWBP4/X1uSx95omvI/AAAAAAAALuE/gVIaK-64u48hU-U-1igzfy2sIxt3QlzgwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-cant-be-brave-if-youve-only-had-wonderful-things-happen-to-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
![you can, you should, and if youre brave enough to start, you will.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j31rwPLNX0Q/X1uSujFH0FI/AAAAAAAALtg/hZkrnUnewbMgUKtZo19CGzgvUirTuUgLgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-can-you-should-and-if-youre-brave-enough-to-start-you-will.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
you can, you should, and if youre brave enough to start, you will.
![Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qR_UGYh-zos/X1uNjdzRjJI/AAAAAAAAK0c/Ozhv4-YMkicjTMr_7z7tu1O5TVBeVY4PgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/those-who-make-conversations-impossible-make-escalation-inevitable.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable.
![Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z_3su3UMqDw/X1thqSgrHnI/AAAAAAAAFyQ/iQp3VlSMyXEqkmQDpLtXkmfvuSPEyfXYgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/being-brave-means-that-knowing-when-you-fail-you-wont-fail-forever.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.
![A clown on a throne is still a clown. A king in rags is still a king.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PFOTs3cN-_w/X1tcOWK2U-I/AAAAAAAAFUs/dg0QqoxwuMoC4stQGi_eT_pD7gwd4vc6QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-clown-on-a-throne-is-still-a-clown-a-king-in-rags-is-still-a-king.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A clown on a throne is still a clown. A king in rags is still a king.
![Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kI67orl6Srs/X1th8GaWv-I/AAAAAAAAF2c/eHVFwBBcNckD5LBp3jP9eKywCwYrDqkQQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/bravado-may-stir-the-crowd-but-courage-needs-no-audience.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Bravado may stir the crowd, but courage needs no audience.
![The future doesn’t belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbPeVWn88dM/X1uJYuNwgQI/AAAAAAAAKQw/ISOtuLzvd34Bp3szJQkQVdMdemCn6M1AACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-future-doesnt-belong-to-the-lighthearted-it-belongs-to-the-brave.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)