Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

Theres photoshop, auto tune, & plastic surgery. Too bad theres nothing for your ugly personality.

Theres photoshop, auto tune, & plastic surgery. Too bad theres nothing for your ugly personality.