Quotes About Risk

The fear of being fundamentally flawed brings with it a related fear. It's the fear that if you did make a full commitment to living in your Zone of Genius, you might fail. It's the belief that even your genius is flawed, and that if you expressed it in a big way, it wouldn't be good enough. This belief tells you to play it safe and stay small. That way, if you fail, at least you fail small.

The problem is that a deep, sacred part of you will wither and die if you stay inside your Zone of Excellence

When a bridge fails, the engineer who designed it is as good as dead.

Sometimes the best way to find out what you're supposed to do is by doing the thing you're not supposed to do.

C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown.

Barrel of the gun, rounds one two three She says I have to pick: choose you, or choose me Metal to the temple, the explosion is deafening Lick the blood that covers me She's the last one standing "Roulette" Collateral Damage, Track 11

Loving someone is such an inherently dangerous act. And yet, love, that's where safety lives.

Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.

Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.

I think everything is happening all the time, but if you don't put yourself in the path of it, you miss it. When you travel, you put yourself out there. It's not always great. Sometimes it's terrible. But other times ... [...] It's not so bad.

Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.

Saba solía decir que hay una diferencia entre lo heroico y la valentía. El heroísmo era hacer algo peligroso sin pensar. La valentía era caminar hacia el peligro, sabiendo perfectamente los riesgos.

I'm not sure it's possible to simultaneously love something and keep it safe. Loving someone is such an inherently dangerous act. And yet, love, that's where safety lives.

To dream is the ultimate dare, is it not?

It was so new that day: the liberation of being honest, of being brave, maybe a little stupid.

Amar a alguien es un acto tan inherentemente peligroso. Y sin embargo, el amor es donde nuestra salvación vive

I'm not sure it's possible to simultaneously love something and keep it safe. Loving someone is such an inherantly dangerous act. And yet, love, that's where safety lives.

Go Big or Go Home

El amor no es algo que proteges. Es algo por lo que arriesgas.

I think you do things that scare you, and that makes you braver than those adrenaline junkies who bungee-jump off bridges.

Unfortunately, sometimes the things we love can also kill us.

It's courageous to go into territory unknown.

Creo que todo está pasando todo el tiempo, pero si no te pones en el camino, lo pierdes. Cuando viajas, te pones allí. No siempre es genial. A veces es terrible. Pero otras… —Levanta los hombros y hace un gesto hacia París, luego me mira de reojo—, no es tan malo.

Oh yes. To dram is the ultimate dare, is it not?