April 21, 2011

A-Z - risk-taking

just as i'm not an optimist, i'm also not a risk-taker, but my husband is. maybe there's a correlation between optimism and taking risks. one of the biggest risks i've taken is writing and publishing a novel. yeah, i'd say that was a huge risk. sure glad i did.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. ~Leo F. Buscaglia

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~Andre Gide 

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ~Katherine Mansfield 

You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go. ~T.S. Eliot

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. ~Seneca 



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

5 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I admit, I'm not a risk-taker, but I wouldn't be where I am now if I'd just sat on my butt!

Tyffani Clark said...

That was a good post. Thanks for it. Very motivational.

Kristie Cook said...

I'm a calculated risk taker...most of the time. Sometimes it's just "let's see what happens" but not with the big stuff. Love these quotes! Thanks!

K.C. Woolf said...

Food for thought!

Thanks for the quotes. :-)

E. Arroyo said...

Awesome post and so true.