Risk
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?
To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn't failing, it's getting too comfortable. Every day, we're writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that's made all the difference.
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
Our lives improve only when we take chances — and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.
The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.
My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place — police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.
The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.