Quotes About Risk

a redheaded person with an empty stomach was a walking time bomb. I

Los más bravos son, sin duda, aquellos que tienen la visión más clara de lo que se avecina, de gloria y peligro por igual, y aun así salen a su encuentro.

the Devil you ken is better than the Devil you don't.

These were people like that. The ones who cared so terribly much—enough to risk everything, enough to change and do things. Most people aren't like that, you know. It isn't that they don't care, but that they don't care so greatly.

Okay. This has to be a credible threat. Ergo, we have to have seen (and heard about) the real damage Randall has done to Jamie thus far; we have to be in no doubt whatever that he'd do real damage to Claire. We can't just say, "Oh, he's such a nasty person, you wouldn't believe…" We have to believe, and therefore appreciate, just what Jamie is doing when he trades what's left of his life for Claire's.

Only a raid, Sassenach. I've been doin' that since I was fourteen. It's only in fun, ye see; it's different when you're up against someone who really means to kill ye." "Fun," I said, a little faintly. "Yes, quite.

Getting up once in the dark to go adventuring is a lark. Twice in two days smacks of masochism. No

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it." The

Uncomfortable, but safe

But each one of us is called to live our lives in the smaller moments; to do kindness, to risk our feelings, to take a chance on someone else, to meet the needs of the people we care for. Because God is everywhere, and lives in all of us. Those small moments are His. And He will make of those small things glory…and let His…greatness…shine in…in you.

There's nothing here for ye! Nothing save danger." "Is there really nothing here for me?" I had asked. Too honorable to speak, he had answered nonetheless, and I had made my choice.

For God's sake, be careful, Sassenach!" he muttered. "Dinna go near those things!

bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

Ye wouldna linger to smell flowers when ye think your shit might turn to ice before ye've got it all the way out.

head of the gangplank, she would drop the goat

Because to step outside the group, let alone to stand against it, was for uncounted thousands of years death to the creature who dared it. To stand against a crowd would take something more than ordinary courage; something that went beyond human instinct.

Pfft," Fergus said, and pulled the cork. "In these times, there's little one can do that isn't dangerous. If I'm going to be killed for something, I should like it to be something that matters. If it's entertaining, so much the better.

Take ye and be damned for it, I expect," he said. He kissed my forehead gently. "Loving you has put me through hell more than once, Sassenach; I'll risk it again, if need be.

More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.

Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'

I have always been a person with big aspirations, and I have always been confident I could take my opportunity, but you never know until you are out there.

Never underrate the importance of asset allocation.

We see ourselves as being people who want to take India to the world; we see ourselves as being aggressive, assuming risk.