Quotes About Risk

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

A great ship asks deep water.

We risk all in being too greedy.

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Life is a romantic business, but you have to make the romance.

There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.

God sells knowledge for labour - honour for risk.

A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.

Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.

The only failure is not to try.

Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing.

I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.

'Nothing to lose' means I can go out there and try to play like I'm playing, without pressure, without nothing.

If you don't try something, you never know.

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

Safety is an illusion, and trying to protect ourselves does nothing more than protect us from experiencing a full, evolved, and juicy life.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.