Risk - If one as to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If read more

Risk - If one as to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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

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

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth read more

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.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

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

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.