"Long have you timidly waded Holding a..." - Quote by Walt Whitman
Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair.
More by Walt Whitman
“I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.”
“If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.”
“I exist as I am, that is enough.”
More on Courage
“We must substitute courage for caution.”
“From reading of the people I admired - ranging from the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen to my Southern forefathers and kinfolk - I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own in the world. And I had a great desire to be like them.”
“Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.”
More on Growth
“The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.”
“As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
“All life is an experiment.”