#risk

A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#hurt

Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#failure

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#lonliness #opportunity #risk #social-anxiety #opportunity

A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#risk-taking #risk

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right. ↗

— Sarah Addison Allen

#risk #risk

If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#bravery #carpe-diem #risk #risks #soul

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. ↗

— Voltaire

#guilt #innocence #judgment #justice #mercy

It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#tantrums #risk

There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#risk

There is no client as scary as an innocent man." J. Michael Haller, Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles, 1962. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#clients #criminal-law #fear #guilt #innocence