To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. Gaius Sallustius Crispus
We saw the risk we took in doing good,< Robert Frost
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. Václav Havel
The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible. Carolyn Heilbrun
Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. Ernest Hemingway
The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward. Elbert Hubbard
Better risk loss of truth than chance of error. William James
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield
I choose to risk my significance to live so that which came to me as see goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom goes on as fruit. Dawna Markova
But boundless risk must pay for boundless gain. William Morris
I think there’s a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk. Edmund North
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul Tillich
You miss one hundred percent of the shots you never take! Unknown
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. (on J.D. Salinger) John Updike