"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

 

go for it

“Since the danger of living in wretchedness is greater than the danger of dying soon, he is a fool who refuses to stake a little time and win a hazard of great gain.”
– Attributed to Seneca the Younger

optimist

"It always seems impossible until it's done."
- Nelson Mandela

david v goliath

"From 12th century Jewish philosophy, hope is the belief in the plausibility of the possible as opposed to the necessity of the probable. In other words, to be a realist is to recognize that the world is not a domain where the probable always happens."
- Marshall Ganz, Harvard University

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the odds

"One in 30 million will die in an airplane crash."