Quotes About Risk

That all men would be cowards if they dare, Some men we know have courage to declare.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

Make voyages - Attempt them - there's nothing else...

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

Fortune helps the brave.

FORTES FORTUNA ADIUVAT. (Fortune favors the brave.)

For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down.

I will not have you hazard your life, Felicia. It is too precious to me." "And is yours less so to me? Domenico, whether you live or die, let me share it!

The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.

What do you do if you get nailed by this poison?" The bushmen smiled broadly. "We die," they said.

As Graham lunged toward Steve, Steve drove the pick handle into the crocodile's mouth and started hammering at his head. Wes saw what was happening and scrambled up the fence. "I'm out mate, I'm out," Wes yelled, blood pouring down his leg. Steve looked up to see Wes on the top of the fence. He realized that even though Wes was wounded, he was poised to jump back down into the water to try to rescue his best mate.

A few days earlier, as Steve stepped off a dinghy, his boot had gotten tangled in a rope. "Watch out for that rope," I said. He shot me a look that said, I've just caught forty-nine crocodiles in three weeks, and you're thinking I'm going to fall over a rope? I laughed sheepishly. It seemed absurd to caution Steve about being careful.

No , Ariel, that doesn't scare me. Not anymore. You taught me that love doesn't have to be a risk. It doesn't have to be scary. Love can be beautiful.

Death, as well as fortune, is rather fond of the brave.

If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.

People are anxious to know the real you. Take the risk to let others into your world. You have the skills and knowledge to be an excellent communicator. Don't be afraid to confidently and genuinely engage those around you.

Have you ever noticed how 'What the hell' is always the right decision to make?

Poetry was alive and dangerous.

Recognize that every 'out front' maneuver you make is going to be lonely. If you feel entirely comfortable, then you're not far enough ahead to do any good. That warm sense of everything going well is usually the body temperature at the center of the herd.

habit of trusting breaks you badly

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

It's a dangerous mission. You could die out there. You could go on forever.

If you've lived only by reasonableness, well, you have missed the show, haven't you?