“The oceans you fear to cross are thereby the riches you can’t attain.”

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”

André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath

“How do you expect to communicate with the ocean, when you can’t even understand one another?”

Stanisław Lem book Solaris

“Variants include "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."”

Cristoforo Colombo (1451–1506) Explorer, navigator, and colonizer

“When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“The fear of losing money is real. Everyone has it. Even the rich. But it’s not fear that is the problem. It’s how you handle fear. It’s how you handle losing. It’s how you handle failure that makes the difference in one’s life. That goes for anything in life, not just money. The primary difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they handle that fear.”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

“there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak”

Franz Kafka Letter to His Father

“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist