Quotes About Risk

Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is. – Mark Twain

You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.

You miss a lot watching life from the sidelines--and letting fear hold you back.

Life is a risk, mi cielo. Don't let fear stop you from being everything God intended you to be. Go. Learn. Live. Love. What you and I share won't change with geography. It will always shine as bright as these stars—even after I'm gone.

Being around her (Holly) was dangerous. The spark between them was potent. It wouldn't take much for it ignite--and that would only lead to heartache for both of them.

Being around her (Holly) was dangerous. The spark between them was potent. It wouldn't take much to ignite--and that would only lead to heartache for both of them. It was safer to keep his distance.

It was a frightening thing to do, but if one did nothing -- well, that was frightening too.

Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.

If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.

Certainly more dangerous

God is good, but never dance in a small boat.

Adventure cannot be had where some degree of danger or risk is not present. Any life lived to a fully satisfying extend carries risk in its very nature.

We did not evolve by precautionary living, nor by hanging back for lack or certainty.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.

With both people and computers on the job, computer error can be more quickly tracked down and corrected by people and, conversely, human error can be more quickly corrected by computers. What it amounts to is that nothing serious can happen unless human error and computer error take place simultaneously. And that hardly ever happens.

If you want to go public with your opinions, then someone is going to judge you a moron. And there is always a risk that you may be.

To settle is to die. To not settle implies that death is avoidable.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Ich glaube, dass die Angst die man hat, wenn man an einem Abgrund steht, in Wahrheit vielmehr eine Sehnsucht ist. Eine Sehnsucht sich fallen zu lassen- oder die Arme auszubreiten und zu fliegen.

Ein Leben voller Reisen, Abenteuer und Gefahr, Sehen und Lernen, verherrlicht durch die Liebe - das wünsche ich mir

People are too obsessed with seeking experience and feel that if they are not living on the razor's edge, they are not alive," Edward had once told me. "It's because they can't deal with normal life. They need to climb Mount Everest instead.

The lottery is a tax on people who flunked math.

I took out my grenade and put my fingers inside the pin. 'Do you boys want this to be your last meal, or do you want to answer his question?

I would never exhange safety for freedom, regardless or the danger. I had the right to risk my life as I chose. -Chapter 21, page 247