“A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147
“Man is as young as the risks he takes.”
Source: Fallen Leaves (2014), Ch. 2 : On Youth
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Ezra Pound
(1885–1972) American Imagist poet and critic
As quoted after his arrest for treason; see Treason: the story of disloyalty and betrayal in American history http://books.google.com/books?id=lXZKAAAAMAAJ&q=%E2%80%9CIf+a+man+isn%27t+willing+to+take+some+risk+for+his+opinions,+either+his+opinions+are+no+good+or+he%27s+no+good%E2%80%9D&dq=%E2%80%9CIf+a+man+isn%27t+willing+to+take+some+risk+for+his+opinions,+either+his+opinions+are+no+good+or+he%27s+no+good%E2%80%9D&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RgacUteRAZDYoATC1IDYCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAjgU by Nathaniel Weyl (1950), p. 400
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”
Muhammad Ali
(1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
“When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.”
Masashi Kishimoto
(1974) Japanese manga artist
Variant: The moment people come to know love, they run the risk of carrying hate.
“Better that he take risks than that he ends up a shrinking violet like Ahmad Shah Qajar.”
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(1919–1980) Shah of Iran
As quoted in Asadollah Alam (1991), The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77, page 241
In colloquial Persian, Ahmad Shah Qajar is a byword for ineptitude.
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Douglas McGregor
(1906–1964) American professor
Source: The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), p. 220 (in 2006 edition)