Quotes About Risk

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

The world is full of people who want to play it safe, people who have tremendous potential but never use it. Somewhere deep inside them, they know that they could do more in life, be more, and have more -- if only they were willing to take a few risks.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

The risk-bearing role of the rich cannot be performed so well by anyone else. The benefits of capitalism still depend on capitalists. The other groups on the pyramid of wealth should occasionally turn from the spectacles of consumption long enough to see the adventure on the frontiers of the economy above them - an adventure not without its note of nobility...

There is nothing you can offer me," she said. "Oh, I don't know. You might change your mind. You're like me, Victoria." He grinned. "You like to do things that make life interesting. We both do so hate to be bored.

He took the risk and his people had died. He blamed himself. It didn't reflect in his face, but I saw it in his eyes for a brief moment, before they went back to their icy blue. The last time we talked, I was almost completely convinced that he was a sociopath. He seemed invulnerable, as if nothing could bother him. This did.

Come on, guys, don't just stand there. Grab a spoon and let's get busy." Nobody said anything or moved. "What? How did you think this worked? That I would wiggle my nose and sniff out the poison? If only. No, you eat it and if you die, I can say, 'Yes, it's been poisoned.

It was one thing to be attracted to bad boys, something I usually didn't suffer from. It was another to be attracted to bad men. Mad Rogan was a really bad, bad man. If he wanted something, he bought it, or persuaded you to give it to him, or just simply took it. I had to make sure he didn't want me. Because if he decided he did, it would be on his terms, and I wouldn't like it. No, I would like it, which was even worse.

The creatures are dangerous," he said. "And you're a very stubborn woman. You might decide to get yourself killed just to spite me.

How are you not afraid? Oh I was, I was mortally afraid of being caught by your entire family while having sex in the pool.

Are you sure that I'll be enough? These places can get pretty rough. You walk into a cake shop and then some gunslinger tells you, 'You ain't from around here, partner,' and the next thing you know, you're in the middle of the street, your horse is dead, the bad guy's got your girl by her hair, and you're down to one bullet." "What is going on in your head?" "It's a dark, lawless place, Catalina. So dark.

Augustine had emailed them to me segregated into two helpful categories: will kill you and can kill you. This was going to be one hell of a soiree.

I got my boots out of the closet, put them on, and buckled a belt with a knife on it around my waist under my robe. Baha-char was the place where you went to find things. Sometimes things found you instead and tried to take your money.

The responsible thing to do, the Head of the House thing to do, would be to send her on her way. This wasn't our fight and there was no profit to be made here. We were an emerging House, and we had neither the financial resources nor the manpower of MII. If I helped her, I would be putting all of us in danger. But she was a friend. She'd kept us all from dying at Nevada's wedding, and when I looked at her, my chest hurt.

Eleven out of twelve work fine. I'd say that's better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try.

Runa was alone and inexperienced, which made her vulnerable. Sheltering her, aiding her, or associating with her brought no advantages.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures

It was one thing to be attracted to bad boys, something I usually didn't suffer from. It was another to be attracted to bad men. Mad Rogan was a really bad, bad man.

Do you really want to go to the Black Sea? Yes, Curran said. I nodded. We do. Saying things like We think this is a trap and We would rather cut off our left foot than go would endanger our ship acquisition and our badass image.

How? How will it be fine?" He looked over at me. "This car is very light and we're going to drive very fast.

Red wine?" Fiona squinted at the glass. "Kate, if you spill the wine on yourself, they'll bury you in this dress." "Maybe wine isn't a good idea," George said.

hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

I told him I was about to do something idiotic and dangerous, and he told me to go ahead and let him know if he could help in any way." "I don't understand your relationship." "You don't have to.