Quotes About Risk

How far away the shore must seem when you're on thin ice.

Fear saved lives. But fear could also kill.

There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of his life? Taking care not to strangle myself on his false beard, or disturb his banana.

If you use the electric vibrator near water, you will come and go at the same time.

And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think, And, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t'other half for the freedom to speak, Caring naught for what vengeance the mob has in store, Let that mob be the upper ten thousand or lower.

Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness.

I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.

Inde lacessitum primo mare, cum rudis Argo Miscuit ignotas temerato litore gentes Priamque cum ventis pelagique furentibus undis Conposuit mortale genus, fatisque per ilam Accesit mors una ratem.

From Iolcus the sea was first challenged, when the untried Argo scorned the shore and brought together nations that before were strangers; she first matched mankind against the raging winds and waves of ocean, and by her means a new form of death was added to the old.

Risk should not reflect a celebration of foolishness but a freedom from fear.

It's daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above all, daring to investigate the way we live until we discover the deepest treasured purpose of why we are here.

Everywhere risk and defiance weave through the most mundane daily affairs.

One of my mother's favorite expressions is "Life is fraught with peril.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not.

You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Lying as a way of life is a dangerous game", the Pole went on. "And not just because you risk the vengeance of the NKVD. You risk the integrity, the coherence, of your own soul.

You see that was Peter's chance to show what he was made of, and he didn't miss his chance. He did the right thing, even though he was afraid. It's a great thing not to miss one's chance.

You see if there were never any danger, there never could be any heroes at all!

If you don't stop, I'm going to take you right here, in front of God, Jacob, and the seagulls.

The entrepreneur who is reckoning in terms of a currency with a stable value is unable to compete with the entrepreneur who is prepared to make a quasi-gift of part of his capital to his customers. In 1920 and 1921, Dutch traders who had sold commodities to Austria could buy them back again after a while much cheaper than they had originally sold them, because the Austrian traders completely failed to see that they were selling them for less than they had cost.