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Quotes About Risk

Trust not one night's ice.
~ George Herbert
Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.
~ Philippe Petit
True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.
~ Robert C. Solomon
Relationships are based on trust until you meet someone new.
~ Howard Stern
I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.
~ Sue Grafton
Trust is a risk game. The leader must ante up first.
~ Irwin Federman
I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit in a cave, sleeping with one eye open.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.
~ Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle
Only by moving in the direction you least trust can you be saved
~ Roger Rosenblatt
To conquer the unknown you must trust.
~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.
~ Francis Chan
Persuasion occurs when trust and confidence meet belief, risk tolerance, and safety.
~ Jeffrey Gitomer
Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others' trust in that individual's gut.
~ Daniel Kahneman
To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)
~ Jonathan Kellerman, Blood Test
Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.
~ Jodi Picoult, Second Glance
You have to trust or you're only living half a life.
~ J.D. Robb, New York to Dallas
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
~ John Ortberg, Faith and Doubt
We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.
~ Samuel Johnson
It wasn't that I didn't trust Mark's flying, it was just that, okay, I didn't trust Mark's flying.
~ D. J. MacHale
Did he dare trust this insane boy?
~ Brom
I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.
~ Denzel Washington
There is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.
~ Daniel Handler
More dangers have deceived men than forced them.
~ Francis Bacon
The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn't save you from that risk.
~ Ira Sachs