The Wisdom of Dock Dogs

 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T. S. Eliot

 Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
- Ray Bradbury

 No need to teach an eagle to fly.
— Greek Proverb

 Time is flying never to return.
- Virgil

 I have not yet learned to keep still.
 Apollonius of Tyana

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. 
Carl von Clausewitz 

  You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.
- Robert Frost

 The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
- Douglas Adams

 He who is brave is free.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

  Boldness be my friend.
- William Shakespeare

 No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus

 Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
- George S. Patton

 Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
- Voltaire

 The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
-  Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching

 My soul is in the sky
— William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

 It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
- Carl von Clausewitz

 Courage is knowing what not to fear.
- Plato

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. 
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

 Life must be lived as play.
- Plato