Quotes about risk
59 quotes from 51 people
Dag Hammarskjöld1905–1961Servant of Peace: A Selection of the Speeches and Statements of Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations (1962), p. 107We should not criticise those who trip by taking a more difficult than usual step.
William James1842–1910The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)
Steve Jobs1955–2011Interview about the release of the Macintosh (24 January 1984)—(online video)He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784The Idler (1758–1760), No. 57 (19 May 1759)
John Paul Jones1747–1792Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont (16 November 1778), as quoted in The Naval History of the United States (1890) by Willis John Abbot, p. 82
Erica Jongborn 1942Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Joseph Joubert1754–1824The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)
Helen Keller1880–1968Let Us Have Faith (1940), ch. “Faith Fears Not”, pp. 50–51; repr. in The Open Door (1957)- Helen Keller1880–1968Let Us Have Faith (1940), ch. “Faith Fears Not”, pp. 50–51; repr. in The Open Door (1957)
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
