Quotes on risk
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
Gide, André
If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
Julia Sorel
Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.
Unknown, Author
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.
Unknown, Author
Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
Wilcox, Frederick B.
If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
Allen, Woody
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Heimel, Cynthia
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
Bradbury, Ray
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Kierkegaard, Soren
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.
Johnson, Samuel
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
Scully, Frank
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Conant, James Bryant
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for.
Shedd, John A.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
Thurber, James Grover