Quotes About Risk

He was known to be a gambler; he was suspected to be a thief.

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.

The luck gives in first. Luck," continued the gambler reflectively, "is a mighty queer thing. All you know about it for certain is that it's bound to change. And it's finding out when it's going to change that makes you. We've had a streak of bad luck since we left Poker Flat,-you come along, and slap you get into it, too. If you can hold your cards right along you're all right.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

A life lived in fear is a life half-lived

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

La seguridad es principalmente superstición. No existe en la naturaleza... La vida es una audaz aventura o nada

Between the two poles of community - blood and ideal - stretches the enormous and, to a certain degree, indeterminate public sphere, which is not quite comprehensible in either political or economic terms and where the entire risk of the humiliation of human dignity is given.

Every level of our being calls for play and danger.

It is a strange feeling to have an animal come toward you consciously seeking to kill you, his eyes open looking at you, and see the oncoming of the lowered horn that he intends to kill you with. It gives enough of a sensation so that there are always men willing to go into the capeas for the pride of having experienced it and the pleasure of having tried some bullfighting manœuvre with a real bull although the actual pleasure at the time may not be great.

There are two kinds of dangerous situations. One is the kind you get yourself into. The other just sucks you in.

Kun ihminen antaa ahneudelleen ylivallan, siihen liittyy aina riskejä.

Ocurre una y otra vez, y ocurrirá siempre. El hombre pone en marcha nuevos proyectos sin tratar de hallar la cara oscura que puedan ocultar.

Trusting what a person says is always a risk. The truth is always provisional, while lies are often solid.

A close relationship, she thought. As far as they are concerned, all that means is a threat to which they don't want to expose themselves.

Who can save a child from a burning house without taking the risk of being hurt by the flames? Who can listen to a story of loneliness and despair without taking the risk of experiencing similar pains in his own heart and even losing his precious peace of mind? In short: "Who can take away suffering without entering it?

Dare to lose your life and you will find it.

Faith asks us to jump, to surrender and believe that somewhere, somehow, Someone will catch us and bring us home.

When our friend says, "If my friends found out how I really feel, if I would show my real self, then they would no longer love me but hate me" — he speaks about a real possibility. It is very risky to be honest, because someone just might not respond with love, but take us by our weak spot and turn it against ourselves. Our confession might destroy us.

Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down our lives for our friends, we must dare to take the risk to let others know what we are living.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!

If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.