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Quotes About Risk

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.
~ Cheri Huber
To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.
~ Unknown
Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.
~ Buzzy Trent
Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.
~ Bethany Hamilton
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
~ Daniel Defoe
Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We're afraid.' 'Come to the edge.' 'We can't. We will fall!' 'Come to the edge.' And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.
~ Bill Crawford
I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.
~ Chris Evans
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
~ Bent Larsen
Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.
~ Marilyn Monroe
I do what I feel is right. I do not fear to walk on a new path and take risk.
~ Aamir Khan
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid.
~ Unknown
Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.
~ Alan Brennert
Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.
~ Lisa Anderson
I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.
~ Daniel Boone
Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.
~ John Wooden
It's foolish to fear what we've yet to see and know.
~ Masashi Kishimoto
I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
~ Tim Ferriss
Don't make decisions based on the fear.
~ Jay-Z
If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.
~ Keith Johnstone
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
~ Albert Einstein
Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.
~ Josh Groban
Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.
~ Alex Rodriguez