217 quotes found
“Our safety is not in blindness but in facing our danger.”
“Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear seeing it for what it is is the only way of putting it to rest.”
“Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.”
“They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life do not on that account shrink from danger.”
“An individual dies ... when instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being he cowers within and takes refuge there.”
“Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness-and fewer those who have taken that chance.”
“You have all eternity to be cautious in when you're dead.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.”
“Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported insulated and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall our government stands ready with B...”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“Any life truly lived is a risky business and if one puts up too many fences against the risks one ends by shutting out life itself.”
“In order to find the edge you must risk going over the edge.”
“Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.”
“It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.”
“The faster you go the more chance there is of stubbing your toe but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.”
“All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.”
“The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.”
“I postpone death by living by suffering by error by risking by giving by losing.”
“If you don't take chances you can't do anything in life.”
