“Often you only have to ask What would I do if I were not afraid?”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (1999)
“Often you only have to ask What would I do if I were not afraid?”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
#121
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?”
Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Katy Perry (1984) American singer, songwriter and actress
Thinking of You, written by Katy Perry
Song lyrics, One of the Boys (2008)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“What if this present were the world's last night?”
John Donne book Holy Sonnets
No. 13, line 1
Holy Sonnets (1633)
“I believe that if everyone would follow what they want it would be a very different world.”
Giovanni Morassutti (1980) Italian actor, theatre director and cultural entrepreneur.
Stated in "Authority Magazine by Yitzi Weiner", Medium.com (Dec 12, 2019) https://medium.com/authority-magazine/rising-star-giovanni-morassutti-never-take-it-personally-it-is-part-of-the-business-95c911201d09.
Louise Rennison book Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Source: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Abraham Kaplan (1918–1993) American philosopher
Source: "The Conduct of Inquiry", p. 43.
“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?”
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty