Quotes about risk

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“It's just me throwing myself at you,
romance as usual, us times us,

not lust but moxibustion,
a substance burning close

to the body as possible
without risk of immolation.”

“Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.”

“You have to take risks … We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”

“A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his dark angel, to risk his illegal instincts.”

“Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.”

“The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.”

“If you never take a risk, you will never
know what changes you need to make.”

“Drake. He liked dangerous pies."
"Why did he join you?"
"Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk it?"
"Focus. Why did he join you?"
"Say no to death pies. Another good motto. I'm getting a headache." p. 432”

“The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.”

“The only mistake is not to risk making one.”

“Some things don’t mix. Some things don’t mix at all, but sometimes in life you have to take the risk.”

“The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought.”

“It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained;… the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.”

“If I had learned anything in my life about love, it was that they were tenous things that could end at any moment. Caution was essential-but not at the cost of risking your life”

“Happiness comes from the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”

“maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.”

“Kabuto: It's always easier said than done. I just said that this jutsu had no weaknesses or risk…

Itachi: Every jutsu has its weakness. This jutsu's weakness and risk is… the existence of me!”

“The reward is in the risk.”

“When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves.”

“I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self.”

“No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.”

“Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others." -Carrie.”

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.”

“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”

“Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.”

“… when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.”

“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”

“To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

“I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.”

“On the other hand, it is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.”

“Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.”

“I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”

“Maybe in order to understand sex fully/one has to risk being destroyed by it.”

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”

“It is a risk to love.
What if it doesn't work out?
Ah, but what if it does.”

“To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole.”

“Life is full of risks. Death is much simpler.”

“there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.”

“Most good things come with the risk of something bad.”

“It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before… to test yout limits… to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossum.”

“You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken. And the greatest reward.”

“Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.”

“The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.”

“Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.”

“But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.”

“If so, then it was also here where I came to know I can survive what hurts. I believed in my capacity to stand back up and run into the waves again and again, no matter the risk.”

“Far from being the father of jihad, Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions because he was determined to effect a reconciliation with Mecca.”

“Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds”

“Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.”

“You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.”

“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.”

“It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous.
Resign yourself to be the fool you are…
… We must always take risks. That is our destiny…”

“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect.”

“I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.”

“We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present.”

“The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.”

“But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now.”

“Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make Tessa love him.”

“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”

“Just like the good old days: marching together into the unknown, searching for missing magical weapons and risking painful death. I’d missed my buddies!”

“By taking risks. By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love, as long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.”

“[…][I]f you adapted too much in order to deal with them, you ran the risk of forgetting who you were and you could end up being neither and nothing.”

“Yeah, okay. But, Nico, youchoose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I'm really your friend and I'll accept you. It's better than hiding.”

“LIVE. If you live, god will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he'll retreat to that distant heaven and be merely a subject for philosophical speculation.”

“I know now that I don’t want to love or be loved in half measures. I want it all, and to have it all, you have to risk it all.”

“There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.”

“As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I’ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.”

“To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”

“Piper McLean," [Annabeth] grumbled, "that was without a doubt the dumbest risk I've ever seen anyone take, and I date a dumb risk-taker.”

“Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously…. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.”

“He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.”

“Truly living required risk.”

“I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.”

“Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.”

“You had to take risks, follow some paths and abandon others.”

“The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night?”

“Retribution is tricky…. The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.”

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

“One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.”

“Let me say,
at the risk of seeming ridiculous,
that the true revolutionary
is guided by great feelings of love.”

“Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.”

“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?”

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”

“A leader leads,” Ragnar said, “and you can’t ask men to risk death if you’re not willing to risk it yourself.”

“Our lovemaking was always risk and promise-for if he held my life in his hands when he lay with me, I held his soul, and knew it.”

“Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.”

“Do ye want me?" he whispered. "Sassenach, will ye take me - and risk the man that I am, for the sake of the man ye knew?”

“Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide!”

“Be unfashionable. Take risks.”

“This isn't going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will be taken. But they're small prices to pay for true love and freedom, right?”

“Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.”

“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all”

“My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.”

“There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?”

“There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.”

“A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.”

“no knowledge obtained without risk”

“… Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?”

“We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warping what’s best in us”