Quotes about Risk

It's just like what they say about lightening; It's safest to stand where it has already struck.

Standing there on the embankment, staring into the current, I realized that — in spite of all the risks involved — a thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest; that change will always be a nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity.

Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

We must continually maintain an adventurous attitude toward Him, despite any potential personal risk.

Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them.

There is no guarantee that starting a small conversation will lead to something larger. But the failure to take any step at all, no matter how small, comes with an ironclad guarantee that we will not be part of helping change happen.

The obsession with security at any price petrifies us, and we increase our fear by trying to eliminate risk. That is what is ridiculous about the great outcries in the media: we wake up in order to demand more passivity, a better protected life. The challenge is not only to decrease the amount of space the media devote to hazards but also to increase our ability to resist misfortunes. To augment our endurance rather than our panic.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

Faith includes both an immediate awareness of something unconditional and the courage to take the risk of uncertainty upon itself. Faith says "Yes" in spite of the anxiety of "No." Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality

Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.