Quotes About Risk

The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water

Say yes to life, even though you know it may devour you.

These interreflecting themes, the prerequisites of creation, are playfulness, love, concentration, practice, skill, using the power of limits, using the power of mistakes, risk, surrender, patience, courage, and trust. Creativity is a harmony of opposite tensions, as encapsulated in our opening idea of lila, or divine play.

Fear arises from uncertainty. Where there is perfect certainty, there is no fear.

When you're scared, you stay as you are!

You don't manifest dreams without taking chances.

The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they're the ones to take it away from you.

When on an emotional roller-coaster, take the leap of faith ...

Do not avoid doing what you love because you fear that it will only result in poverty or lack. If you fear this, then this is exactly what will happen.

To secure victory, first you have to dare to do so.

Leaving your future to pot luck is holding you back, you are worth more than anything, yet why do you leave everything to chance?

No successful business was ever made without someone taking a chance, no successful person got to where they are without taking risks, and no endeavor ever succeeded without people taking a gamble.

Daring also means to act, however, and if you are not willing to act, then you have already lost the game.

Dicing with death is one man's cup of tea, but another man's poison. I just didn't fear anything.

Today, these doormen, they wear body armour, armoured gloves, stab proof vests and all sorts; it's totally changed, you get shot at the door you are paid to stand at, never mind getting stabbed. Druggies go away, get a gun, return and start shooting at you! Yeah, times are changing fast and there are some nice kids out there and some of them are fucking wild. I can't see it getting better with these drug mugs because they get on them and they can't get off them again.

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

I've often been asked; how do you rob a bank? The answer to that is that there is no instruction book. The fact is you never know what will happen when you step through the door of a bank and declare yourself. Certainly, you can work hard on preparations; have everything organised from vehicles to weapons and set out the getaway, but there are no set rules.

Obviously it's hard for anyone to imagine, but these dance halls were powder kegs just waiting to erupt. Names were made and reputations were enhanced or blown in a flash!

These near death escapades didn't put me off working in violent situations. If trouble happened then I couldn't stop to think of what might happen. There were some good people about and my job was to protect them from trouble, I couldn't let past experiences put me off.

Those who don't try never look foolish.

The greatest danger that success brings, aside from arrogance, is the fear of losing what has been gained. The courage and willingness to risk that breed success are endangered after success is obtained."26

Icarus, Icarus, though the end is piteous, Yet forever, yea, forever we shall see thee rising thus, See the first supernal glory, not the ruin hideous.

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn't play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

I made a resolution I would throw myself into the Danube if I didn't ask you to make love with me today.