Greater Risk

Famous quotes containing the words greater and/or risk:

“I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed. I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The Englishman’s strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its perils. The Englishman stands firmly on his feet, but he who merely does this never advances. The American’s disposition is to step forward even at the risk of a fall.”
—Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911)