- “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner
- “We will always be tired, stressed, Processing a tragedy, and/or a little hungry–Like a wild animal, in the middle.The soul comes to play in what we choose to do after.” ― Karl Kristian Flores, Can I Tell You Something?
- Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
- If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs. Henry David Thoreau
- “Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but “safe” isn’t one of them.” ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
- “Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- “Life is a temporary condition, Henry. And it’s uncertain. That’s why you have to seize chances when you find them. Pursue what you want. Take risks. Live, love…all of it. Every last one of us is going to die, but if we don’t live as we truly want, if we’re not with the one we want to be with, we’re dead already.” ― Martha Brockenbrough, The Game of Love and Death
- “Take the risk to ask for whatever you need and want. If someone says no, you will not lose anything. If someone says yes, you have a lot to gain.” ― Abhishek Ratna, small wins BIG SUCCESS: A handbook for exemplary success in post Covid19 Outbreak Era
- “The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- Life is trying things to see if they work. Ray Bradbury
- “If you keep taking calculated risks, you will keep getting considerable rewards.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- “The Earth itself risking and flourishing by circling around a fierce ball of fire, and you are afraid of taking even small risks.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- “People die with regret, and I want to die with respect and for that I am willing to take all the risks.” ― Anuj Jasani
- There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy
- There are few things as risky as the widespread belief that there’s no risk. Howard Marks
- Focus on collecting feedback to calibrate your ability to make this decision. Shane Parrish
- “Growing up, I always had a soldier mentality. As a kid I wanted to be a soldier, a fighter pilot, a covert agent, professions that require a great deal of bravery and risk and putting oneself in grave danger in order to complete the mission. Even though I did not become all those things, and unless my predisposition, in its youngest years, already had me leaning towards them, the interest that was there still shaped my philosophies. To this day I honor risk and sacrifice for the good of others – my views on life and love are heavily influenced by this.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- “Have nuts and be nuts.” ― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
- “The result of big risk is bigger reward.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- “Life begins when you start something, and blooms when you keep doing it.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover
- “If you’re waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you’ll never make it.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences. Susan B. Anthony
- To guess is one thing, to know clearly another. Aeschylus
- Jump. Life is a river. Maxime Lagacé
- Risk and opportunity are two sides of the same coin. Yvan Byeajee
- “The only safe thing is to take a chance.” ― Elaine May
- “Don’t hesitate to give up the better to gain the best.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- “Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.” ― Thomas Huxley, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley – Volume 1
- There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin
- Using your own name is a very audacious move. Naval Ravikant