Quotes About Risk

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn't just a season or a time but a whole world I'd forgotten. I'd never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,' he said. It's that simple.

The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So don't be afraid. Be alive.

Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.

In midair, dangling lost above the world.

After all with me & Marshall, it had never been about words or conversation, where there was too much to be risked or lost. Here, though, in the quiet pressed against each other, this felt familiar to me. And it was nice to let someone get close again, even if it was just for a little while.

This could be a big mistake... but it was already happening. I was not a girl with all the information, but I knew one thing. If this was my forever, I didn't want to spend it here.

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.

There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.

Listen,Kristy said, the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody. She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did.So don't be afraid.Be alive.

I had to wonder whether it was possible that this wasn't already decided for me, and if maybe, just maybe, this was my one last chance to try and prove it. There was no way to know. There never is. But I reached out and took it anyway.

call it crazy, or just chicken salad. But within reason, or without it i was in it too.

The thing is, Rolly said, 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.

And all of it came down to one thing: love, or the lack of it. The chances we take, knowing no better, to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in, protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good, twice is usually okay but a third is risky. You never know when the third person will stop playing and you end up with nothing.

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative...not even trying...life's short.

Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

Somebody out of touch with reality, when she jumped she probably thought she'd fly.

Think careful, not cool. While driving, keep windows cracked but not wide open. Some people think that letting a dog hang their head out the window is cool, but it's dangerous. Dogs can get hurled from the car in an accident or have debris fly into their eyes, causing permanent damage.

Our model ships look perfect in their bottles, but we do not know if they are seaworthy. Sometimes the one that reaches your harbor has already been through the storm.

Far, far easier to batten down the hatches and lock the world out than take a chance.

You'll get hurt!" But she doesn't listen. She jumps straight out the window. "Wheeee!" she yells as she flies down. She lands on the Frau-Monster, knocking her down, and then bounces into the thorns by the tower as though Frau were a trampoline.

Couldn't he have checked his shoelaces BEFORE entering a dark, super-creepy cave?