to dare is to lose one's footing momentarily

Keyword challenge to dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare, is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard

— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk) · Soren Kierkegaard

In the book

And the third part of the plan is the one no one volunteers for: risk, the fare you pay for going anywhere worth going. It is only when you risk yourself that you ever find out what you are truly made of; to dare is to lose your footing for a moment, but not to dare is to lose yourself entirely. Let me make it concrete, because "find your purpose" is the emptiest advice ever given if no one tells you how. — The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk)

The impatience to watch for is the one Rabbi Weinberg named: you want to be great, you just want it to happen in a single day, and on that day you want to sleep. So dare to begin at all, for as Kierkegaard warned, to dare is to lose your footing for a moment, but not to dare is to lose your very self — and most of what you truly want sits a mere inch outside your comfort zone, on the far side of assumptions you never thought to question. Forgive yourself the limits, too: your best really is enough, for you cannot have everything anyway — where would you even put it? — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)

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