“Everything in the world was in precarious balance, pure risk, and those who didn’t agree to take the risk wasted away in a corner, without getting to know life.”

“The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.”

James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)

“The world cracks open for those willing to take a risk.”

Frances Mayes (1940) American university professor and writer

“If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul.”

Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer

“The masses-I love em-they rush for red lights, risking everything to capture a few seconds, only to get home and waste their lives.”

Arthur Nersesian (1958) American writer

“The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.”

Richard Rohr (1943) American spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, Catholic Franciscan priest

“the biggest risk is to take no risk. or to take crazy risks.”

John Marsden book Tomorrow, When the War Began

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

“Practically all theorists agree that entrepreneurship involves, by definition, taking risks of some kind.”

David C. McClelland (1917–1998) American psychological theorist

“Of course, nuclear power has its risks. But there is no power and nothing in the world without risks, not even love.”

Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) Chancellor of West Germany 1974-1982