Max Lucado Quotes

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

You would not get out of bed in the morning if you were constantly worrying about the possibility of something happening to you on your way to work. But it is still something to pay attention to, I think.

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

I was a mother who worked ridiculously hard to keep catastrophe at bay. I didn't allow my kids to eat hamburgers for fear of E. coli. I didn't allow them to play with rope, string, balloons - anything that might strangle them. They had to bite grapes in half, avoid lollipops, eat only when I could watch them.

My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

Don’t taunt the alligator until after you have crossed the creek.

Being prudent does not mean being fearful.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

I'm not really much of a risk taker.

Trust, but look for the exits.

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.

Stop fearing being attacked.

It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.

Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever.