Quotes About Risk

Tis worth the experiment. Audaces fortuna juvat"—fortune favors the bold—though he tempted fortune by adding, "Should we fail I don't see any fatal consequences which are likely to attend it.

Even Colonel Lang, watching the Americans from the other side of Djebel Naemia, had been surprised by their timid initial approach to the Maknassy heights; a more forceful attack, he concluded, could have shortened the Tunisian campaign by weeks. In his view, the Americans appeared reluctant to risk heavy casualties in a decisive battle, preferring to crush their foes with material superiority even if that meant extending the fight. There was truth in that assessment too.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

To make it perfectly clear to you: suppose you lose a hand or an ear is shot off, or perhaps a piece of your nose, and you think you should go back to get first aid. If I see you, it will be the last goddamn walk you'll ever take.

A German pilot came out of his plane, drew his legs into a ball, his head down. Papers flew out of his pockets. He did a triple somesault through our formation. No chute.

The rates of venereal disease soared and the 82nd Airborne opened a medically certified brothel in Trapani under a supervising officer soon known as the Madam;

The more stars you have, the higher you climb the flagpole, the more of your ass is exposed

For maybe the first time in my life, I had tried to do the safe thing, and it had blown up in my face. Never, ever again.

and tried to learn to surf, which was really just buying a really small boat and practicing to drown.

If someone says, hey, you know, this long weekend, let's go skydiving — I would say, no, are you nuts? I'd just as soon sit down and have a cup of tea.

On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway onto a skid track. The week before that they put me in a car and sunk me to the bottom of a lake to see if I could escape without an oxygen tank.

I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

My dad had a framed picture of a surfer on a giant wave in his den. The wave always looked so huge. My Papa told me that was life. This giant thing trying to get you that you had to find pleasure in riding.

But the chance of him taking a step toward God was well worth the risk of me feeling rejected. Because it's not about me. It's about God.

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year.

Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!

She'd also called me brave...unless she was talking to the catfish.

Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.

I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your spine c) Strange noises d) Going so fast you feel like your face is peeling off In other words, I thought it was awesome.

Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right? Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.

Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.