I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship. -Gail Sheehy Chance
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse. -Gail Sheehy Chance
I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage. -Gail Sheehy Courage
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. -Gail Sheehy Women
In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out. -Gail Sheehy Failure
In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network. -Gail Sheehy Humor
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse. -Gail Sheehy Fear
