"It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win."
― John Paul Jones
Topic(s):
Nature
More From John Paul Jones
- "I have not yet begun to fight!"
- "If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery."
- "An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it."
More In Nature
- "Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax."― Arthur Schopenhauer
- "The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller."― John Milton
- "No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature’s ecosystems."― Arthur Erickson