Quotes About Risk

You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting.

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.

Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge.

They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

I look at life as being cruise director on the Titanic. I may not get there, but I'm going first class.

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life.

There is no security in life, only opportunity.

No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.

Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture.

But I put my life on the line to save animals.

Life is a picnic on a precipice.

Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

Most people are more comfortable with what is familiar. I've spent my life doing the opposite.

You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery.

Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

I was on the verge of jumping into one of those holes in life out of which we emerge a bit tattered and bloody, though we remain sure nonetheless that we had to make the jump.

Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it.

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