To laugh, is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep, is to appear sentimental.
To reach out for another, is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings, is to risk exposing our true self.
To place your ideas & dreams before the crowd is to risk loss.
To love, is to risk not being loved in return.
To live, is to risk dying.
To hope, is to risk despair.

To try at all is to risk failure.

But to risk we must,

Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The man, the women, who risk nothing,

has nothing, is not living well.

-Anonymous