You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.

                               —Will Rogers

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

                    —William Congreve

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.

                      —James F. Byrnes

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. —Joyce Brothers

And then the day came, / when the risk / to remain tight / in a bud / was more painful / than the risk / it took / to Blossom.

                                  —Anais Nin

Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.

                 —David Lloyd George

During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

                  —Soren Kierkegaard

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

                —Mignon McLaughlin

People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

­                           —Peter Drucker

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.       —Ray Bradbury