Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Walter Anderson First weigh the considerations, then take the risks. Helmuth von Moltke Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. It seems to me that people have vast potential.
Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks.
Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever. To win without risk is to triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. Herodotus Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.