Risk - If one as to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If read more

Risk - If one as 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

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.

Every risk is worth taking as long as its for a Good cause and contributes to a Good life.

Every risk is worth taking as long as its for a Good cause and contributes to a Good life.