Avoiding Risk Quotes

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

One who fears failure limits his activities.

The guitar saved me from a life of crime as a teenager.

At the end of the day, I was listening to the big homies and they were saying, 'Yo, man, you got talent, man, stay off the streets.'

Was there any danger I could have gone down a different path were it not for boxing? Of course.

I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.

I'm not really much of a risk taker.

Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

The striking game is always a lottery game, so I prefer to take the safe situation. Submission is the best for me. I'm the guy looking for it all the time.

I knew I needed to find a way to stay out of trouble and to have good grades to be able to stand out.

Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with unambitious oar keeps close to the land.

If you don't have reservations, you're a fool. You can't go blind into something.

Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place.

Just have to be smart. Can't hurt your team.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?

Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.

My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble.

Let's play it safe. I’m not in the mood to run right now and I know fighting is suicide. Last thing I want to do is make my enemies happy by dying. (Syn)

Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

I haven't gotten in any trouble off the floor.

I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don't want to do anything, like, insane. I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don't do anything crazy.

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people - preferably our parents, our spouses or our children - for our failure to realise our dreams.