Quotes about Risk

The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.

He knew that the conference was a trap; he knew also that he was walking into it with nothing for any trappers to gain.

How many of us are tested in that way, asked to risk careers we've long dreamed of in the service of some greater good?

Michelle shook her head and looked out the window. We both knew what I was asking for. Another disruption. Another gamble. Another step in the direction of something I wanted and she truly didn't. "This is it, Barack," Michelle said. "One last time. But don't expect me to do any campaigning. In fact, you shouldn't even count on my vote.

Why should it feel so risky to count concretely on a future?

All those hopes placed in such a precarious vessel.

A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.

Jesus didn't die to make us safe. He died to make us dangerous! Faithfulness isn't holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell with the light and love of Jesus Christ.

I was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.

When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.