Risking Your Life Quotes

Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.

Pope John Paul II

Christ, Capable

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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Men, Risk

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

Gene Robinson

Jesus, Want, Sometimes

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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Life, Success

Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Vincent Van Gogh

Life, Leadership, Determination

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Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Denis Waitley

Life, Stay Positive, Risk

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There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

Nick Lampson

Country

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Warren Buffett

Life, Business, War

"The Three Essential Warren Buffett Quotes To Live By" by James Berman, www.forbes.com. April 20, 2014.

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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Erica Jong

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Helen Keller

Happiness, Inspiring, Success

Let Us Have Faith (1940)

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

Paulo Coelho

Life, Motivational, Relationship

FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jan 04, 2012

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

T. S. Eliot

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Mary Tyler Moore

Inspirational, Positive, Courage

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self Esteem, Careers, Will And Determination

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage, Decide Upon, Soldier

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Life, Courage

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A sportswriter's life means never sitting with your wife or family at the games. Still working after everyone has gone to the party... Digging beneath a coach's lies, not to forget those of athletic directors and general managers and owners of pro teams. Keeping a confidence. Risking it.

Dan Jenkins

Lying, Team, Party

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The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Greatness, Safety, Risk

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alan Alda

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.

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If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

Geena Davis

Wisdom, Risk, Ifs

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If you don't risk anything you risk everything

Mark Zuckerberg

Motivational, Strong Women, Hippie

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