Quotes About Risk

Don't be afraid of taking chances, of striking out along paths that are untrod. Don't be afraid of failing. Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time—and look what I got.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage.

The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule.

Reckon your weakness as praise of God's power, endure suffering in joy, risk your life on the veracity of Christ, count your loneliness a means of grace.

General Polk, who was dignified and corpulent, walked back slowly, not wishing to appear too hurried or cautious in the presence of the men, and was struck across the breast by an unexploded shell, which killed him instantly.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

Another near miss by a sizzling bolt put Preacher in motion. "Let's quit playin' target for that stuff.

The most important lesson here is that what is tolerable risk for a company may well be intolerable for a nation. This is particularly true in banking. There is no real economy if the financial economy fails. As elaborated by Posner, "The risk to the nation is not the bankruptcy of a single major bank but the collapse of the banking industry, precipitating a financial crisis that can bring on a depression." The

Everyone dies. Not everyone really lives.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

When I overdo things and take chances, I learn faster.

For the German fighter pilot, there was no magic number of sorties or hours, the completion of which guaranteed a return home. He was already home, and in the skies over the Reich he faced an opponent who enjoyed overwhelming superiority. If he survived the first missions and his skills reached those of his opponents, he would fly until fatigue and strain led to a mistake that was more often than not fatal.

The most dangerous thing you can do with marijuana. Is get caught with it.

One of the few certainties in life is that persons of certainty should certainly be avoided.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.

I want a priest, a rabbi, and a Protestant clergyman. I want to hedge my bets.

The white men have ways of doing you favors that can get you killed." Crazy

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.