Quotes about Risk

His willingness to look foolish resulted in epic miracles.

When you look back on your life, the greatest moments will be the moments when you went all in.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

At the end of your life, your greatest regret won't be the things you did but wish you hadn't. Your greatest regret will be the things you didn't do but wish you had. It's the what if dreams that we never act upon that turn into if only regrets.

Jesus didn't die on the cross to keep us safe. Jesus died to make us dangerous.

I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention.

You can either avoid making mistakes and play not to lose, or you can make the most of every opportunity and play to win.

One of the mistakes we make as parents and as leaders is this: we do everything within our power to create emotional and relational and spiritual biospheres. We avoid conflict. We mitigate risk. We minimize discomfort. We sidestep sacrifice. Then we wonder why people grow to a certain stature and stop. We wonder why leaders fall.

Maximum improbability equals maximum possibility.

In every dream journey, there comes a moment when you have to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

The defining moments will double as the scariest decisions.

Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket.