Quotes About Risk

But love doesn't control, and I suppose that's why it's the ultimate risk. In the end, we have to hope the person we're giving our heart to won't break it, and be willing to forgive them when they do, even as they will forgive us.

The more fully we live into ourselves, the more impact we will have. Acting may get us the applause we want, but taking a risk on being ourselves is the only path toward true intimacy. And true intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

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A tiny leak can sink a ship.

that, you have to leave your comfort zone.

Aren't there male protagonists who race into danger? And I bet you'd call them brave for doing exactly the same thing that a woman gets labeled 'Too Stupid To Live'.

Sometimes it's good to shake up the status quo. You just have to make sure that when you turn society on its ear, you don't end up on your coutoure-covered backside.--vivian

You won't always have the luxury of a second chance. So be careful with your first one.

He often thought that the only safe procedure a person could undergo at the Ospedale Civile was an autopsy. it was the only time a patient ran no risk.

Hard to put things right. You don't often get that chance. Sometimes all you can do is not get caught.

Isn't everything worthwhile a gamble? Can't good come around sometimes through some strange back doors?

Maybe it's stupid to even articulate such hopes. But, then again, maybe it's more stupid not to.

Who's to say that gamblers don't really understand it better than anyone else? Isn't everything worthwhile a gamble? Can't good come around sometimes through some strange back doors?

Courage is the decision to fly straight into the flame while knowing the consequences.

Chico was a small-time hustler and big-time loser who liked to bet the ponies and hit women. He was more successful at the latter.

Well, for starters, it's an island. Oahu and especially Honolulu were highly populated when the dead started coming back, and because it's an island, there would have been no escape from the creatures. It will be very risky to attempt resupply with that many of those things massed in the areas we'll be operating.

Right,' said Ben. He leaned fowards, touching my (Kate) arm. 'You're sure you want to go on with this?' 'Are you trying to scare me?' 'You should be scared.' 'That doesn't mean I should stop.

Well, that is what you risk when you fall in love. You risk losing your dignity.

Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try.

It's a risk, I suppose. But wouldn't you learn and grow regardless of what the result was? That would be a gain, even if playing in Ringestad were not." Lorelin stepped lightly after her sister. "Don't just sit there, do something?" Irisa sat on the low wall and patted the spot beside her invitingly. "Except there's also: don't just do something, sit there!" Lorelin laughed. How did you tell which wisdom-saying to follow?

Leaving his partners to die. Watching them run out of air...It was such a real possibility, Collins returning to earth by himself...now that's a stone-cold wheelman. That's the guy you want sitting at the wheel of a gassed-up Ford while you're inside a bank.

We risk life and limb and my princely good looks for a spoonful of sweet sock?

She supposed it felt like freedom, if freedom was a fall into the unknown.

A great White Bear waits outside. He has faithfully promised to make us all rich if he can but have our youngest daughter.