fear of taking chances Quotes

There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.

It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.

There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Knowledge without courage is sterile.

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.

Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.