Quotes About Risk

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

Fear can give you urgent wings.

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread

The first is based in fear, the second in fearlessness.

May we understand that fear of failure is worse than failure itself

One forgets the fear of heights when one cannot fall

Desire for gain and fear of loss burn like fire.

Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won.

If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.

It's fear that makes a situation dangerous.

At one point, we were all fearful. But as you get older, it's the things you don't do that you regret, more so than the things you do. When fear knocks, answer.

You need fear to create, to live.

There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.

Always do what you're afraid to do.

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you're not failing from time to time, you're not pushing yourself. And if you're not pushing yourself, you're coasting.

The people with the most fear have the greatest opportunity to be brave.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

Heroes and cowards feel the same fear and action creates opportunities.

Fear is choosing the safe course

Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]

When you attempt something new, there's always fear. A couple of helpful slogans to me are "follow the fear" or "fear is a sign of growth."

We have far more to fear from swift than from torpid government.

what you fear, you invite.

Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.