Quotes on Risking Your Life

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.