Quotes About Risk

I'm scared of the unknown future.

I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake.

I hugged safety close to my chest and kissed risk full on the lips.

Writing, like drugs and recreational sex, becomes an activity associated with youth.

I would rather have a go at something I feel, and be hurt, than always be protecting myself—that way one does not really live.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

got dangerously close to my poo corner—something

God pays all bills He authorizes." When we take chances on our own, in ministry or business or finances, we take a risk. But if God directs us to do something, He will provide the desire, the means, the tools, and the wherewithal—and perhaps an angel—to help us.

Pirate thoughts.

Sheriff, I'm wanted everywhere—but not by the law.

Passion could lead to a place you'll regret.

What your mother means is that we could hear you snoring soon as we pulled up into the driveway. No way was I going to risk my hearing by going into your room.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.

One thing that I tell people is ... if you're going to do anything new or innovative, you have to be willing to be misunderstood. If you cannot afford to be misunderstood, then for goodness' sake, don't do anything new or innovative.

Life is full of different risks. And I think that, when you think about the things that you will regret when you're 80, they're almost always the things that you did not do. They're acts of omission.

If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.

If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.

As companies get bigger, they have something to lose. When they do, the natural tendency is to get risk-aversive. They lose their boldness. They lose the spirit to innovate. They lose their pioneering qualities. I am bound and determined not to let that happen to Amazon.com.

You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.

How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

A bicycle does get you there and more.... And there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat; potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun.