Quotes about Risk
If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
— John Eldredge
We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
— John Eldredge
Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.
— John Eldredge
All men die; few men ever really live.
— John Eldredge
if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.
— John Eldredge
The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live. Sure, you can create a safe life for yourself... and end your days in a rest home babbling on about some forgotten misfortune. I'd rather go down swinging. Besides, the less we are trying to "save ourselves," the more effective a warrior we will be.
— John Eldredge
Most men spend the energy of their lives trying to eliminate risk, or squeezing it down to a more manageable size.
— John Eldredge
It then occurred to me that after God made all this, he pronounced it good, for heaven's sake. It's his way of letting us know he rather prefers adventure, danger, risk, the element of surprise. This whole creation is unapologetically wild. God loves it that way.
— John Eldredge
Yet this is the world God has made—a world that requires us to live with risk. Because God wants us to live by faith.
— John Eldredge
As did Jesus, when he said to his dear ones, "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves" (Matt. 10:16). The metaphor so perfectly describes our situation we almost want to smile—like when the young bride and groom are waving good-bye and the grandfather leans over to the grandmother and whispers, "They have no idea what they've just gotten themselves into." The humor of absurd understatement.
— John Eldredge
You can find that life—if you are willing to embark on a great adventure.
— John Eldredge