Robert G. Allen Quotes

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

There is no security in following the call to adventure.

Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.

Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.

There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

Pray that we can come out alive.

I'm so curious about knowing the unknown; it can be scary, but I see it as a game.

Sometimes this going out in obedience to God's command is more dramatic than at other times... sometimes more spectacular... sometimes more brave... but always it is a venture into the unknown.

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

Faith is like stepping off a cliff and expecting one of two outcomes - you will either land on solid ground or you will be taught to fly.

Withough danger you cannot go beyond danger.

There's got to be a moment when that baby [flying] squirrel looks from the end of one branch to the tree six feet away and thinks twice about making a leap. Falling in love is no different; it's the moment that we close our eyes and throw away everything that seems reasonable and hope to God there's someone or something waiting to catch us on the other side.

Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

We don't really know the ultimate outcome of our lives. All we can say is, "Fate has brought me thus far. This is where my life is right now, and I can either choose to stay here, or I can make a different turn that will take me somewhere else." I certainly am an advocate of taking a jump off the tallest mountain and just hoping a net appears. More often than not, when you take those leaps of faith, something really incredible happens. It might just take some time. You might take a long, hard journey, but the end of it is usually a great one, I find.

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.

Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.