on risk ...
i don't know why, but today feels like an inspirational quote day. i've been doing a lot of thinking lately and came to the conclusion that i am terribly risk-adverse. and i think that i'm missing out on some things in life about it, because in some ways, i'm totally guarded by this fear of taking risks. so, i guess the theme for all the quotes is risk. cause the plan is to try to take some ... maybe. chime in if you have any favorites that i missed.
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
~Anais Nin
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead."
~Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
(wow, i pulled a quote from Norther Exposure)
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
~Erica Jong
"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."
~Jawaharlal Nehru
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."
~John F. Kennedy
"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
"I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk."
~Oprah Winfrey
"A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice."
~Sting
"Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it."
~Persian
"Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself."
~Alan Alda
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."
~T.S. Eliot
"Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - - and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk."
~Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it."
~Arnold Schwarzenegger
(whoa, i just quoted the governator!)
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
~Anais Nin
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead."
~Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993
(wow, i pulled a quote from Norther Exposure)
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
~Erica Jong
"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."
~Jawaharlal Nehru
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."
~John F. Kennedy
"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
"I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk."
~Oprah Winfrey
"A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice."
~Sting
"Risk - If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it."
~Persian
"Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself."
~Alan Alda
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."
~T.S. Eliot
"Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - - and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk."
~Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it."
~Arnold Schwarzenegger
(whoa, i just quoted the governator!)