Quotes About Risk

Whatever happens will be for the worse, and it is therefore in our interest that as little should happen as possible

Far too many people accept management promotions because they feel (often rightly so) that they will be dead-ended if they reject the promotion.

Stop drowning your dreams by jumping into waters that you are unable to swim in.

Only risky plans have any chance to be great.

Quante volte mi sono trovato su un trampolino con sotto il mare azzurro, e non mi sono tuffato

only those who have risked going out too far can possibly learn just how far one can actually go?

the question is not whether you are in danger, it's whether you choose to worry about it. It's like swimming in the sea where there are sharks. You know they're there, but your choice is whether you allow your fear of them to stop you from ever going in. Sure, you take precautions, and you don't swim when there's a sighting, but you also don't let it stop you from reaching your goal, or the shore on the other side.

told her if Jon Rittenberg or Daisy found out, they would do anything to stop her from exposing them. But she continued like she had nothing to lose. And maybe she didn't have anything left to lose,

Because if you do, Kit, if you see a shocking secret that someone desperately wants to keep hidden, you could be in trouble. People—rich people—will do anything to protect themselves

don't know what you want with the Rittenbergs, Kit, but be careful. You might think Jon Rittenberg is bad, and he is, but he's just your generic entitled male asshole. His wife, though—Daisy Rittenberg—she's dangerous.

The familiarity of home always outweighed the danger. Deadly mistake, that.

It is as your sister and friend that I tell you Dain is a splendid catch. I advise you to set your hooks and reel him in." Jessica took a long swallow of her cognac. "This is not a trout, Genevieve. This is a great, hungry shark." "Then use a harpoon.

I look back to where my life had been. It's always risky to think of letting go. That's why this is the perfect ending. Nothing left to reconcile.

love means breaking all the rules

Take a risk. Maybe our pasts don't define us but inform us.

Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and experience something before its meaning becomes apparent.

You take a risk, you fall down, and you get back up and do it all over again.

The inability to say yes, however—to intimacy, a job opportunity, an alcohol program—is more about lack of trust in oneself. Will I mess this up? Will this turn out badly? Isn't it safer to stay where I am?

I thought about how many people avoid trying for things they really want in life because it's more painful to get close to the goal but not achieve it than not to have taken the chance in the first place.

Maybe because from the creative point of view there is nothing so dangerous as security.

We must be willing to fall flat on our faces. Fearlessly putting ourselves out there is simply a required part of the process. At the very least, it results in the gift of humility and, at best, the triumph of our human spirit.

Every day we do things that are capable of changing everything, and that's what makes life exciting.

It's a scary thing, you know, being a man. We always have to run the risk of inviting someone out and being turned down flat. You women don't realize how fragile our egos are.

Whether or not this worked out, Ellie knew she would never regret it. Sometimes you just had to take the risk. Maybe it would be a brief but wonderful romance, maybe it would last a lifetime.