This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.
It is the business of the future to be dangerous.
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.
If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
As soon as there is life, there is danger.
One never finds anything perfectly pure and ... exempt from danger.
He that is not in the war is not out of danger.
Danger itself is the best remedy for danger.
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.
What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.