About Maddy & Maddy,s Den For fifty-two years Maddy wore the mask of a CSP (Certified Sane Person).He was serious, hard working, dedicated, calculative, believed in planning at the microscopic level, felt one could actually write ones destiny. But he was neither comfortable nor satisfied. On the eve of his fifty-second birthday, on 16th May 2008, he pressed the ‘ESC’ button.
15.8.08
Quotes
Courage Quotes
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
“A ship in the harbor is safe. But that’s not what ships are built for.”
“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”
“Fortune favors the bold.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
“Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.”
“Do not be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes.”
“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.”
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself.”
“Courage is like a muscle; it is strengthened by use.”
“Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster “No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”
“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly and its spines crumble.”
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win. By fearing to attempt”.
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