Quotes About Risk-taking

Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon, Frank said. Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes.

Never mind, Leo said. I'm pretty sure pi is, uh, 3.1415 blah blah blah. The number goes on forever, but the sphere has only five rings, so that should be enough, if I'm right. And if you're not? Frank asked. Well, then, Leo fall down, go boom. Let's find out!

All serious daring starts from within

You're not afraid to take risks." "Neither are you, Diana. Don't ever lose that quality. Once a person stops pushing and growing, she is as dead in the spirit as if she were dead in the flesh.

If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

daredevil nature as a young man. When I read what William Roth had written, I sighed. So that was where my own two boys had gotten the trait that was turning their mother's hair gray.

In fact, many features of hypomania--such as outgoingness, increased energy, intensified sexuality, increased risk-taking, persuasiveness, self-confidence, and heightened productivity--have been linked with increased achievement and accomplishment.

They tend to be entrepreneurial rather than managerial; they

Perhaps it was irresponsible, Tom thought, to turn down that dull job in Exeter and go looking for a cathedral to build; but I've always been able to feed them all, despite my recklessness.

Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare!

University of Life. Year One - Advance Adventure Playgrounds. Part One Exam - go to the Third World and survive. No revision, interest, intellect or sensitivity required.

It sounds crazy, but I'm not even scared when I decide to go for it. Frankly, it's the only logical course of action. If you have the chance to uncover a secret and you walk away without looking, there's something wrong with you.

success for adult learners boils down to just one key factor: adventurousness.

Quick now, give up this idle pondering! And let's be off into the great wide world! I tell you: the fool who speculates on things is like some animal on a dry heath, led by an evil fiend in endless circles, while fine green pastures lie on every side.

Tully always had a knack for seeing opportunity where others couldn't. A true entrepreneur, he developed several companies from scratch with enormous success, but also with a fair share of failures and mistakes.

This was a man's man. One who could lead, control, rebel and oppose. He was the type of man that an African woman needed in situations like the ones they were in. He didn't care what the consequences were, if he felt it; he just did it. Just made it happen without further regards to the side effects.

And then the Jamaican guy pulls out the sauce. "It be opening doors to other worlds, mon," he days. We made him do it first, saw that he didn't die. It seemed to make him pretty happy and then - Dave, the guy, I know I didn't really see this, but the guy shrunk himself, made himself three feet tall. We all laughed our asses off, then he was back to normal again.' And you still tried that shit?' Are you kidding? How could I not?

Guys, this is just retarded enough to work." We

Like lemmings voting for steeper cliff faces

our motto is Audeo. I dare. Dare to take the life you want in your own two hands and do not let it go, do you hear me?

I'd rather be a fool than afraid.

Dare to learn. Dare to think. Dare to be irrational.