Risk

" A man sits as many risks as he runs." ~ Henry David Thoreau

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremediated act without the benefit of experience. ~ Henry Miller

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. ~ Ray Bradbury

Only those show risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot

He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne. ~ Russian Proverb

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles, and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. ~ George Lucas

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ~ Muhammad Ali

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. ~ George Patton

Courageous risks are life-giving; they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you are. ~ Joan L. Curcio

I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take. ~ Garth Brooks

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. ~ Ayn Rand

Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn't, he won nothing. ~ John Jakes

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. ~ Lance Armstrong

Then the time came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful/Than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin

This of yourself as between trapezes when you've let go of one rope but haven't grabbed on to the next. The space is scary, but also thrilling. ~ Gail Blanke

Stupid risks make life worth living. ~ Homer Simpson

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ~ Katherine Mansfield

I am convinced that one of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something. ~ James A. Worsham

Life is a risk. ~ Diane Von Furstenberg

If it doesn't make you sweat, it's not worth it. If it's not hard to get, why go for it? ~ Nancy Collins, Hard to Get

You have to risk stepping outside the circle that has been drawn around you. ~ Lourdes Saab, Women of Courage, 1999

What you risk reveals what you value. ~ Jeanette Winterson