Quotations about

Risk

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

—Jawaharlal Nehru

What you risk reveals what you value.

—Jeanette Winterson

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

—Joaquin Setanti

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

—John F. Kennedy

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

—Julia Sorel

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

—Lillian Gordy Carter

In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

—Meg Cabot

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

—Pierre Corneille

The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

—Shakti Gawain

Sometimes it's better to hold onto what you have, rather than risk what might be.

—H.M. Ward in Demon Kissed

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.

—Richelle Mead in Succubus Blues

For every one torturer, there are a thousand people ready to risk their lives to save another. For every soldier who shoots in a neighborhood, there are a thousand compañeros who help and protect each other.

—Isabel Allende

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.

—Kurt Vonnegut

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

—Paulo Coelho

Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.

—Sean Beaudoin in You Killed Wesley Payne