Quotes About Risk

Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Whoso does not play at dice will not lose property, but still people play at dice. There is in that a certain delight and destruction of the present.

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I'd rather end up wishing I hadn't than end up wishing I had.

In the service, especially in the complicated situation such as this, it is difficult not to say impossible, to follow any one straight path without risking mistakes and without accepting responsibility, but once a path seems to be the right one I must follow it, happen what may.

Was ich wünschte, war Bewegung und nicht ein ruhiges Dahinfließen des Lebens. Es verlangte mich nach Aufregungen und Gefahren, nach Selbstaufopferung um eines Gefühlswillen. In mir war ein Überschuss von Kraft, der in unserem stillen Leben keinen Raum zur Bestätigung fand

Why is gambling forbidden while women in costumes which evoke sensuality are not forbidden? They are a thousand times more dangerous!

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

No great deed, private or public, had ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.

No great deed, private or public, has ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty.

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

I'm afraid to live any place but in expectation. I'm no life-risk.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.

I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it.

Così, dall'ansia di perdere certe gioie appena gustate, dall'innata avarizia, dall'oscuro disprezzo per i propri simili, prontamente cogliendo l'occasione che la sorte gli offriva, con grave ma lucido azzardo, Giuseppe Vella si fece protagonista della grande impostura.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

If you're not willing to risk you cannot grow, and if you cannot grow you cannot become your best, and if you cannot become your best, you cannot be happy.

Passive-aggressive people have not developed enough trust in others to be truly open. In fact, they shun opportunities to reveal who they really are because they feel that there is too much risk that they will lose power if they reveal themselves.