Quotes About Risk

He yanked up a couple of mushrooms. "Tania, can we eat these?" Taking them out of his hands and throwing them back on the ground, Tatiana said, "Yes. But we will only be able to eat them once.

Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Understanding is a delaying tactic…," as one novelist put it. "Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of water want to understand. Other people jump in and get wet.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.

Y un juego vil que no hay que jugarlo a ciegas, pues juegas cien veces, mil, y de las mil, ves febril que o te pasas o no llegas. Y el no llegar da dolor, pues indica que mal tasas y eres del otro deudor. Mas ¡ay de ti si te pasas! ¡Si te pasas es peor!

When they lock the door, climb out the window. – Mr. Morrison, volunteer at the Humane Society

You like playing with fire, don't you, Paul?" "Only since I met you." -Paul and Martie

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales.

Have hot, wild sex with a friend. Then go out and do something stupid, like bowl, afterwards.

Still water does not only run deep. It runs dangerously.

I had never let myself fantasize about being with someone my own age, because it stopped being a fantasy at that point. It entered the realm of possibility, and that's where you can really get hurt.

The threat-to-minute ratio on this ship is staggering.

To reach out for another is – to risk involvement. To expose feelings is – to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is – to risk their loss. To love is – to risk not being loved in return.

And the day came When the risk to remain Closed tightly in a bud Became more painful Than the risk it took to blossom. – Author unknown

Bravery is, in my opinion, defined by fear. It is taking right action despite being afraid. It is not brave to do things that are not scary.

Like every other guide or wildlife lover who is eventually eaten or trampled, I felt that I had a bond with this herd that would make me safe with them. I wanted to try my luck again.

There are only two things that can destroy a healthy [hu]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things, and there are a lot more.

It's one thing to put on your nation's uniform to give your life for your country. But to dress up in black-market khakis and head into battle in a borrowed bush hat, armed only with a Nikon camera, 10 rolls of film and notebook, is definitely another thing.