Quotes About Risk

All Griff had to do was lob a short screen pass over the line into Whitethorn's hands. Or miss him, and get paid a cool two million by the Vista boys. Cowboys lost 14–10.

My mom would never ride an ATV,' he said. 'But you did.' 'Is that a good thing?' I asked. He traced my lips with his fingertip. 'Yes.' My body melted like a candy bar on the dashboard.

A pesar de mi edad (acabo de cumplir cuarenta y cinco) aún creo en el azar, el golpe de dados que supone salir en la noche a buscar un trago en una ciudad extraña, una aventura para la cual el tiempo nos va volviendo torpes y por eso, con los años, algunos prefieren la botella cerca del sofá y el televisor

Sometimes we are too fragile to to this work; we cannot risk being shattered because we are not ready to put ourselves back together again.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. ELIOT

Good luck. Be safe. And if you can't be safe... be yourself.

I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.

This is exactly what i wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.

It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.

I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they could hurt me most, knowing how easily they'd be able to find their way back to it.

I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone. Yeah, he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. Yeah, I said. But it's not all about chance, either.

But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected my heart from some things, but would that really have been better? To hold myself apart because I was too scared that something might no be forever?

It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder -if not impossible- to lose.

The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative. Which is? Not even trying. Now he did look at me, straight on. Life's short, you know?

If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do -need to do- more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But then something crossed his face, a thought, a hesitation, and he shifted slightly. Not now. Not yet. It was something I'd done so often - weighing what I could afford to risk, right at that moment - that I recognized it instantly. It was like looking in a mirror.

nothing is guaranteed.... So don't be afraid. Be alive.

But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

Let's just start and see what happens.