Quotes about Risk

Author conveys contemporary respect for Methodist preachers who rode the circuit of frontier settlements to put themselves at risk for the Gospel near the Second Great Awakening. They were dubbed 'God's light artillery'.

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come.

Let your courage rise with danger.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

It's just like what they say about lightening; It's safest to stand where it has already struck.

Standing there on the embankment, staring into the current, I realized that — in spite of all the risks involved — a thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest; that change will always be a nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity.

Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

We must continually maintain an adventurous attitude toward Him, despite any potential personal risk.

Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them.