Quotes about Risk

He created us for adventure, not ease.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

Danger is opportunity's seer.

Some birds learn how to fly only after falling off of a cliff.

Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

Sometimes you have to just go for what you want. Take the risk in order to get the reward.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

Saying `our father' isn't just the boldness, the sheer cheek, of walking into the presence of the living and almighty God and saying `Hi, Dad.' It is the boldness, the sheer total risk, of saying quietly `Please may I, too, be considered an apprentice son.' It means signing on for the Kingdom of God.

They ask three simple questions: Who is going to be at special risk when this happens? What can we do to help? And who shall we send?

The church is never more at risk than when it sees itself merely as the solution bearer and forgets that every day it must say, "Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner," and allow that confession to work its way into genuine humility even as it stands boldly before the world and its crazy empires.