Taking Risks – Select Quotes
A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.
~ Grace Hopper
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
~ Abraham Maslow
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
~ Peter McWilliams
No living creature, except for a man, is able to take a risk, and even the risk of death, for the sake of
truth. Thousands of martyrs who have lived are a unique phenomenon in the history of our solar system.
~ Aleksandr Menn
The only safe thing is to take a chance.
~ Mike Nichols
Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.
~ Hugh Walpole
Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.
~ Frederick Wilcox
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A great risk quote:
“So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.” from courage quotes.