John A. Shedd - "A ship in harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are built for."
About this episode
This episode discusses a quote by John A. Shedd about the importance of taking risks and not staying in the safety of the harbour.
Welcome to the Daily Quote , the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern and this episode is brought to you by the Great News podcast . Today's quote comes from John A. Shedd , American author and professor who published it in his 1928 collection Salt from My Attic. It was later adopted as a personal motto by Admiral Grace Hopper, one of the pioneers of modern computing. He once said: "A ship in harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are built for." The harbour is safe. The safety is comfortable. Nobody is pretending the open ocean is easy or risk-free. The storms are real. The uncertainty is real. The possibility of going off course and of hitting something you didn't see coming is entirely real.And none of that should keep a ship in port. It wasn't built to sit there. You were not built for the harbour either. The version of you that stays safe, that keeps the dream theoretical, the risk over managed, the life carefully contained within the boundaries of what's guaranteed... that version is preserved. And incomplete. A ship that never leaves the harbour doesn't get damaged. It also doesn't become what it was built…
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- motivation
- risk
- personal growth
- inspiration
- philosophy
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