Hugh Walpole Quotes

The boring, safe choices never stand out. Take risks!

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.

Living is risking.

I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.

Those who play a safe game die very safely.

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.

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.

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

Life is a risk.

Life is lived on the edge.

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

I don't want to live life too cautiously. I mean, you can step off a curb and twist your ankle.

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

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.