Quotes about Risk

There is a silence. But sometimes it's as dangerous not to speak.

There's a moon now, almost full. Good luck for owls; bad luck for rabbits, who often choose to cavort riskily but sexily in the moonlight, their brains buzzing with pheromones.

It would make me feel that I have power. But such a feeling would be an illusion, and too risky.

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.

Toni Morrison said, The function of freedom is to free someone else, and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyone will be glad that you did. Members of your family and other critics may wish you had kept your secrets. Oh, well, what are you going to do?

If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying.

Living on earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.

If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you're dying. You're saying: Leave me alone; I don't mind this little rathole. It's warm and dry. Really, it's fine.

This menagerie - it was part of my being repented - to show up places where I might have been afraid, like the zoo or a marriage.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

In your career, even more than for a brand, being safe is risky. The path to lifetime job security is to be remarkable.