Risk Quotes

Creativity is at the heart of every stupid idea . . . creativity and stupid are interchangeable . . . because everything inherent to that kind of creativity requires breaking away from the norm, going against the grain, and leaning into risk and fear.

~ Richie Norton

I sometimes wonder whether the act of surrender is not one of the greatest of all - the highest. It is one of the [most] difficult of all... You see it's so immensely complicated. It needs real humility and at the same time, an absolute belief in one's own essential freedom. It is an act of faith. At the last moments, like all great acts, it is pure risk. This is true for me as a human being and as a writer. Dear Heaven, how hard it is to let go - to step into the blue. And yet one's creative life depends on it and one desires to do nothing else.

~ Katherine Mansfield

Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that brings regret.

~ Anthony Liccione

I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essential surgery as a reason. The W. M. Keck Observatory taught me that using earned sick time in the USA may put your future employment at significant risk.

~ Steven Magee

It's an obvious challenge, but the risk feels too big, the leap too grand, the future too unknown

~ Alex Rosa

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

~ Bob Iger

Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences.

~ Emily Arden

There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

~ Elizabeth Von Arnim

We are always hungry and never satisfied because we don’t trust and won’t risk. Can we reach a place where we are satisfied with just enough? You are enough. You have enough. Do not worry about tomorrow. God will provide in our lives just as God provides in the Eucharist.

~ Mary Deturris Poust

Reagan's failure to become a truly great movie star has been ascribed to project menace, sexuality, or even moral ambiguity.

~ Scott Farris

I'm starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.

~ Criss Jami

I hope that you will be faced with difficult choices and decisions, trials that won’t undo you, but that will drive you toward reflection and understanding. Trust that your fears will sometimes tell you about your desires. You will see that you can survive the terror that comes with growth and change, with vulnerability and risk.

~ Donald Antrim

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

~ Jim Carrey

Sam, no!” Edilio snapped.Sam missed a step, then stopped. He looked at Edilio, puzzled.“We’re scattered. And we can’t risk you. You die and the light dies with you.”“Are you out of your mind? You think I’m going to let Drake come in here and take Diana?”“Not you, Sam. Dekka, yes. Orc, yes. He’s out there, too. And send Jack as well. Anyone but you.”Sam looked like he’d been punched. Like someone had knocked the wind out of him. He blinked and started to say something and stopped.“You aren’t replaceable, Sam. Figure it out, okay? It’s going dark and you make light. So this isn’t going to be your battle. Not now. It’s on the rest of us to step up.

~ Michael Grant

Boys are unpredictable and stupid and brash. They do creepy, stalkerish things because they believe in extreme measures. They love to the fullest and ignore completely. They heal hearts and grind them to dust. To have nothing from a boy is devastating, but when he gives his all, the world becomes an electric place, and that is why women love them so—their all is worth the risk.

~ Caroline George

22. Faith in God is like believing a man can walk over Niagara Falls on a tightrope while pushing a wheelbarrow. Trust in God is like getting in the wheelbarrow! To believe God can do something miraculous is one thing, to risk His willingness to do it in your life is another.

~ James C. Dobson

...we named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though love her I did; fearful lest she hurt me by dying.

~ Nancy E. Turner

Trust is always a risk, but when placed in the right people after a trial period where they prove themselves worthy of it, it is a reward transcendent of all the emotional mire that bogs down a person’s potential.

~ A.j. Darkholme

Toklo raked his companions with a hard glance. “Don’t risk your own safety.”“I bet you’ll risk yours,” Lusa said, aware once again of how deeply she trusted this bear.“That’s what I’m here for,” Toklo retorted.

~ Erin Hunter

They’d come for you, and this time they’d come with we

~ Julio Alexi Genao

You need to decide whether you're willing to risk being hurt, plain and simple. You can go for it and have a wonderful relationship. Or you might go for it and crash and burn brilliantly. It's up to you if you want to take that risk, up to you if it's worth it or not.

~ Erin Mccarthy

Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.

~ Mary E. Demuth

A Relationship Should Come With An ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK Sign.

~ Cyc Jouzy

The more we love the more we lose. The more we lose the more we learn. The more we learn the more we love. It comes full circle. Life is the school, love is the lesson. We cannot lose.

~ Kate Mcgahan

Sometimes you have to risk life, in order to live, and gamble death, to sacrifice life.

~ Anthony Liccione

Though there is much we still want, there is much we already have, and that means we have much to lose as well. It’s that potential loss that can keep us bound so tightly that we never reach our biggest dreams, because the biggest dreams require the most risk.

~ A.j. Darkholme

I can never gain something without losing everything I had before.

~ Nadia Scrieva

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.

~ Alison Croggon

It is easy, and therefore uninspiring, to love within the norms of acceptance and society. Other than ones own heart, there is no great risk involved; it's all very status quo. The same is tired, but what's outside-the-norm is captivating and gets under people’s skin, pushing their buttons, making them think and revealing their depth as a person, or their lack thereof. It's love against obstacles that inspires the most – a love that faces and ultimately endures through challenges, hardship and ridicule that is courageous and triumphant.

~ Donna Lynn Hope

Rise or Fall you must not stop doing.

~ Pavankumar Nagaraj

When we stand up for what we believe in—for what’s right—there is always a chance that we risk the very things we fight for: our safety, our lives, our freedom. But if we stand down, the risk is definite.

~ Kelseyleigh Reber

To reach only for that which pleasantly enchants you is the least of imagination, if even imagination at all, by the obvious reality of remaining within your means. The greater of imagination is parallel to risk. It extends beyond your comfort zone or haven, or sense of beauty, or what you personally believe suits you in exploration of what may not.

~ Criss Jami

Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.

~ Ray Bradbury

The more we love, the more it hurts, and the more we have to let go.

~ Mary E. Demuth

Don't risk your life for those that doesn't love your life, lest you end up in regrets if not death.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Successful business people became successful because they took risks. The biggest risk is that once successful, they stop taking risks.

~ G.r. Gopinath

Reputation is an outcome; but it is also a valuable, strategic asset.

~ Andrew Griffin

For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.

~ Andrew Griffin

China is a political beast, with the Party at its heart, and the importance of political and regulatory due diligence cannot be overstated.

~ Jeremy Gordon

Be careful when rising to the top. Be more careful when you get there. The higher you go, the riskier it gets. Be careful. Be very careful.

~ Israelmore Ayivor