Quotes About Risk

I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else's boat or you'll regret in in the morning.

Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.

All real change requires risk. You must take risks every day of your life. You must get up each morning and ask...: What can I do that is different?

I seldom went to bed before two or three o'clock in the morning, on the theory that if anything of interest were to happen to a young man it would almost certainly happen late at night.

Human life is just dangerous, in general. You know, waking up in the morning, you could get hit by a car. Wherever you go, you could choke on a fish bone and die. You never know.

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.

The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father. And you know what they say? I could never do that!'

Don't be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

You're the kind of man my mother warned me about.

Frustration is the mother of risk.

But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

Who are these people?" my mother asked. "Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enough to break into court after escaping it?

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Fear kills more people than death.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

All men die, but not all men really live.

If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

All life is an experiment.