Replace excuses with effort replace laziness with determination and everything else will fall into place.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risks to be incurred, and the other side would rather avoid danger than accept an immediate loss.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult