Quotes about Risk

If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step. The warrior uses that touch of madness. For - in both love and war - it is impossible to foresee everything.

I haven't the slightest interest in being happy. I prefer to live life passionately, which is dangerous because you never know what might happen next.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

ALWAYS chose the road less taken.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

But never hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralyses you is fear of making a mistake. If you have made the right movements, open your hand and release the string. Even if the arrow fails to hit the target, you will learn how to improve your aim next time.

Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision

You don't have to climb a mountain to find out whether or not it's high.

It's thrilling to fight for a love that's entirely unrequited. It might not be much fun. It might leave profound and lasting scars. But it's interesting—especially for a person who, for years now, has been afraid of taking risks and who has begun to be terrified by the possibility that things might change without her being able to control them. I'm not going to repress my feelings any longer. This challenge is my salvation.

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a story current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

Firstly, by learning the great lesson of wise men: patience, the certainty that everything - both good and bad - is provisional in this life. Secondly, using this sudden change of course to risk new things in daily life, to do things you always dreamed of.

Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.