Quotes About Risk

It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.

A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Be innovative. Don't listen to the tried and tested wisdom. Take a risk!

If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail.

There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Walk on air against your better judgement.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown.

Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.