Quotes about Risk
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure
— Joseph Campbell
The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.
— Joseph Campbell
What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, in the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of a fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss.
— Joseph Campbell
Would you mind coming with me, Piglet, in case they turn out to be Hostile Animals?
— AA Milne
Whatever Fortune brings, Don't be afraid of doing things.
— AA Milne
I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.
— Ben Stein
If I were your enemy, I'd magnify your fears, making them appear insurmountable, intimidating you with enough worries until avoiding them becomes your driving motivation. I would use anxiety to cripple you, to paralyze you, leaving you indecisive, clinging to safety and sameness, always on the defensive because of what might happen. When you hear the word faith, all I'd want you to hear is "unnecessary risk.
— Priscilla Shirer
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.
— Publilius Syrus
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
— Publilius Syrus
More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.
— Ezra Furman
Maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you'll wake up one day and realise you're living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.
— Jen Sincero
I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.
— Andrew Scott