Quotes about Risk

If religion comprises rules you follow, faith is demonstrated by the actions you take. When you lead without compensation, when you sacrifice without guarantees, when you take risks because you believe, then you are demonstrating your faith in the tribe and its mission. Of course it's difficult. But leaders will tell you that it's worth it.

My friend Jon likes it when an airplane hits heavy turbulence. His insight is worth sharing. "The odds of a plane crashing from turbulence are essentially zero, so I sit and enjoy it. It's like a ride at an amusement park.

Let's borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.

It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream.

To elope is cowardly; it is running away from danger; and danger has become so rare in modern life.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

Life is the dance between what you desire most, and what you fear most

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure.

People do not risk their lives in the face of persecution to uphold a view they believe to be in error or only somewhat probable.