Risking Quotes

141 Risking quotes by 123 unique authors

As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it. — Bear Grylls
A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to… — Thomas Sowell
Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal… — Oren Peli
There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of… — Daniel Ellsberg
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an… — William James
Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility. — Paul Keating
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. — Anais Nin
Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable. — Carre Otis
We ought to affirm the fact that hundreds of thousands if not millions of Iranians are risking their liberty and even perhaps their lives to… — Mike Pence
Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in… — John Tesh
The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought. — Sheri S. Tepper
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… — Erica Jong
A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless… — Oscar Wilde
It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked… — Tom Robbins
Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints; it is a still, small voice. It does not shout at you, that is true.… — Rajneesh
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. — William James
But how will I know who my Soulmate is?â€ Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in… — Paulo Coelho

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