Quotes About Risk

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life than of death.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.

The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

Too often in ironing out trouble someone gets scorched.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Living by proxy is always a precarious expedient.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.

The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Do it big or stay in bed.

If the risk-reward ratio is right, you can make big money buying trouble.

What isn't tried won't work.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

All great reforms require one to dare a lot to win a little.

To get profit without risk, experience without danger and reward without work is as impossible as it is to live without being born.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.