You can't just live cautiously, I think, when you're in a knockout game.
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore.
Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously, that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case you have failed by default. Failure gave me an inner security that I had never obtained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things that I could not have learned any other way. I discovered I had a strong will and more discipline than I had suspected.
My love of cleaning is symbolic of my desire to rule the world... I always wear a seat belt because I enjoy being alive... and I like having two eyes, so yes to the safety goggles, too!
Don't be a hero, live to fight another day.
I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
I don't want to live life too cautiously. I mean, you can step off a curb and twist your ankle.
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.
Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.
If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains
What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?
I certainly don't hope to live forever, but on the other hand, I'm not reckless.
Claudia's the sort of girl who goes through life holding onto the sides.
There are some adventures not worth having.
I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly.
Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives.
I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial.
