Risk Quotes

We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule.

There is no risk involved.

Once you are a victim of a bombing, you enter a risk group to which they will not sell insurance.

When the risk of failure is too high, the right choice is to forbear.

It's impossible that the improbable will never happen.

To race Formula three is very high risk and I am not going to take a chance. Thank god I am not doing it!

The smartest people I know have that extra edge. The risk is always there that youll look terribly undignified and slobbering, and inside I cringe about that, but I should be more aggressive.

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.

There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.

You will never be completely free from risk if you're free. The only time you can be free from risk is when you're in prison.

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.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.

If you're not willing to risk, there are no rewards.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.

I am the opposite of boring, but I'm a little reckless, and I'm not against taking risks, and I think I'm always down for an adventure.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.

Creative risks will always outweigh technical mistakes.

Danger is the spice of life and you’ve got to take a risk now and then…that’s what makes life worthwhile.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.

Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk].

Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being.

There is no knowledge without risk taking.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.

Take risks in your life in the pursuit of your dreams, and support the ones you love when they take risks.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you.

You want 21 percent risk free? Pay off your credit cards.

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.

One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

I am part of everyone I ever dated on OK Cupid.

He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk destroying everything he and his father had worked for.

Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever.

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.