Daniel Woodrell Quotes

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motivated than ever.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

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

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

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as you flinch, you get your head cut off. I'm not afraid of losing this business.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

You only have to be right once.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid.

I know I am lucky to be alive - but I will race again.

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.

I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.

I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.

Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.

The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.

Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.