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Kahlil Gibran

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has really been taken, then the greatest danger is to risk too much.

Katherine Mansfield

Risk Risk anything Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Lee Iacocca

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Unknown

Sometimes the biggest risk you can take is not taking a risk.

Erica Jong

If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

T. S. Eliot

Only those who will risk going too far Can possibly find out how far one can go.

Jim Webb

Before all else, each of us must take a fundamental risk -- to be true to ourselves.

Mark Twain

I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.

Assyrian Proverb

He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.

J Danforth Quayle

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

George Eliot

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Robert Anthony

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Paul Jones

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, That those who will not risk cannot win.

Tobias G. Smollett

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Oprah Winfrey

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

Ray Douglas Bradbury

That's the good part of dying when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.

Arabic Proverb

God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk.

J. Paul Getty

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

Lori Hard

Do not fear to step into the unknown For where there is risk, there is also reward.

Claude T Bissell

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.

Albert Einstein

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Alex Noble

Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else

Marilyn Moats Kennedy

It's better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

J. B. Priestley

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Joyce

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can--and surely will at times--fail. I think we should follow a simple rule if we can take the worst, take the risk.

John Kenneth Galbraith

People fo privilage will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

Mark Twain

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse. He will go to any length for it-risk fortune, character, reputation, life itself.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We Americans know-although others appear to forget-the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war. (On ordering retaliatory action against North Vietnam)

Charles A. Jaffe

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.

Mary Cholmondeley

Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.

Tim McMahon

Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing taking.

Frederick Wilcox

Progress always involves risk you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.

George Shinn

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Julian Weber Gordon

Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.

Lisa Alther

That's the risk you take if you change that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

Oscar Wilde

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck men risk theirs.

Rosalynn Carter

You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, and you don't branch out, you don't try-you don't take the risk.

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Colin Powell

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in.

Maxwell Maltz

We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Joseph Campbell

Furthermore, we have not even to risk the journey alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find

Oswald Mosley

Great men of action ... never mind on occasion being ridiculous in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.

Henry M. Wriston

Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, whatever the piety of their vocal professions and the patriotic flavor of their platitudes.

Andrew Schneider

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.

John Updike

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

Hannah Whitall Smith

Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.

Sandra Day O'Connor

We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Life is a risk.

What you risk reveals what you value.

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

If at first we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one allows himself to be tamed.

You have to reach a level of comfort with that risk.

Hard work never killed anyone but why take the risk?

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

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - - and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Being able to support oneself allows one to choose a marriage out of love and not just economic dependence. It also allows one to risk that marriage.

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

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

"Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair." Kirk

"You risk losing your entire career if you say yes." - Hague

With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt... because love is an amazing feeling.

"I hate to risk one of my lives for a politician." - Rita

"One does not risk everything to settle a score prematurely." - G'kar

"Sometimes you must risk all to find the truth." <Caine>

"There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk."

"Oh, we've already seen your >minimal risk<, Ambassador!" Sheridan

"A calculated risk, Mr. Spock." Kirk

"That, Doctor, is another calculated risk we must take." Spock

"In trust as in love, there is always risk." - Caine

"If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure." - Quayle

"I'd better risk a few drops of cordrazine." McCoy

"Contamination. Can't risk that." Claudius Marcus

"We can't risk another frontal assault...."

"The risk is that it won't work." Doctor

"It was a calculated risk." Kirk

"But it's a risk I'll have to take." Kirk

"It's a risk I'm willing to take." O'Brien

"I'm prepared to take that risk!" * Cat

"I'm willing to take that risk." Riker

Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were the

"The Cardassians considered their security chief a security risk!"-Odo

"It is still a risk." Delenn "Yes, I suppose." - Sheridan

"You risk much." Apollo "And so do you!" Scott