Francis Chan Quotes

I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

There are always risks when you chase after a dream because growth requires that you leave your comfort zone and enter unknown territory. But without confronting those risks and facing your fears, you'll never, as Nike says, "Just do it." Now the truth is, you may fail in some of your efforts, but you will never succeed if you are not willing to risk failure. And even if you do fail, you can learn from the experience and try again. To do that, you will need courage, and you will also need to have faith in your ability to achieve your goals.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!

We frequently may press forward hoping and praying—but without absolute assurance—that we are acting in accordance with God’s will. But as we honor our covenants and keep the commandments, as we strive ever more consistently to do good and to become better, we can walk with the confidence that God will guide our steps.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

I always felt that if you're not trying something different each time out of the gate, you're being safe, and you don't ever want to find that place of safety. I like that, each time, before I even go in front of the cameras, the studio's reaction will be fear.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.

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

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you're safe, you'll never soar!

Make your move BEFORE you are ready!

Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow.

Seek first the kingdom of wealth and you'll worry over every dollar. Seek first the kingdom of health and you'll sweat every blemish and bump. Seek first the kingdom of popularity, and you'll relive every conflict. Seek first the kingdom of safety, and you'll jump at every crack of the twig. But seek first His kingdom and you will find it. On that, we can depend and never worry.

Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare.

To discover new continents, you must be willing to lose sight of the shore.

In each experience of my life, I have had to step out of one little space of the known light, into a large area of darkness. I had to stand awhile in the darkness, and then gradually God has given me light. But not to linger in. For as soon as that light has felt familiar, then the call has always come to step out ahead again into new darkness.

Only the person who risks is truly free

If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

Take a chance. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. And don’t fall in love with Plan A.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.