Quotes About Risk

Great thought, great achievement, and great love have this in common: all involve great risk.

Problemku terbesar adalah memercayai spesies Homo sapiens. Termasuk diriku sendiri. Padahal, manusia terlahir ke dunia dibungkus rasa percaya. Tak ada yang lebih tahu kita ketimbang plasenta. Tak ada rumah yang lebih aman daripada rahim ibu. Namun, di detik pertama kita meluncur keluar, perjudian dimulai.

Eva, stop,' he moaned. 'A kiss from me could kill you...' 'Then it would be a good death,' I breathed, taking his face in my hands. And when our lips met, I knew that wherever this love took me, it was a place I wanted to go.

I've never been good with asking for help; it seems risky, but at some point when things are really dicey, your stubbornness gives way to a certain form of humility that, after you get over yourself, feels liberating. I started to believe that the universe was conspiring to help me finish my house, sending people along at the right moment.

Why? Because you're never afraid? You should be. Life is a walk to the edge of a cliff. Every day we get a step nearer, and what lies over the brink, no one can tell.

All creativity is based on quantum leaps and uncertainty.

Most people overestimate risk, failure and danger and underestimate the value of being curious.

Replace risk with certainty. You have no worries about losing control if you aren't threatened. Once you are certain about yourself, external threats don't exist anymore, because threat is the same as fear, and knowing who you are is a fearless state. Who you are is the true self. Expanded awareness takes you closer to this true self; therefore, fear decreases. When that happens, the issue of control lessens. In its place you experience a state of increased freedom.

Cuando permites que tu cerebro te utilice, los riesgos son muy elevados. En cambio, cuando empiezas a utilizarlo tú a él, las recompensas son infinitas.

Every man needs his Siren to check his courage and strength when he hears her song in his travels through the unknown.

Follow the fear.

What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Maybe you should say something to her, man. Like what? You know what. Like, 'Gosh, best buddy, I've fallen in love with you, and I know you don't feel the same way, but will you put your life on hold for me until my tour's up?' Something like that, you mean? You might want to soften it up a little, but yeah.

What the heck. He'd gone this far, might as well go for broke. He slid his fingers along the curve of her cheek, relishing the softness of her skin. "I haven't felt so happy in... I can't even remember

What else can you do?" Gram asked "Live without love? Keep a houseful of cats? Pah! What kind of life is that? How lonely an existence. Love's not always easy, but it's worth it. You'll never find happiness if you let fear stand in the way of what you truly desire

As afraid as she was of loving and losing, she was even more afraid of losing the chance to love him. Maybe

He shoved a magazine into the receiver, and it snapped into place. If someone showed up intending to hurt Kate or Jack, they'd come face-to-face with his Glock 23.

Our doubts are traitors," she penned for the editorial page of her new endeavor. "And make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

To learn more, we have to be willing to leave the zone of the known and step into the void.

I wear two condoms all the time. Then when I make love, I take one off, and I feel like a wild man.

We're one corporate meltdown away from having the dollar be the peso's bitch.