Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

At a dangerous passage, yield to precedence.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

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

I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite.

Life's too short to be super conservative but it's also too short to make it any shorter. I don't plan on dying early, but at the same time I don't plan on playing it so safe that I'll live to ninety.

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

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.

'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.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

Those who play a safe game die very safely.

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.

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

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Precaution is better than cure.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.