Motivational Quotes

Risk

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.

- Ash, Roy

Best Quotes about Risk

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Watson, Thomas J.

Remember the turtle -- He never makes any progress till he sticks his neck out.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Joaquin Setanti

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

Lippmann, Walter

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.

Brown, Les

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

He who stays in the valley will never see over the hill.

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In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

Danton, Georges

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There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

Kennedy, John F.

12.

It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

Swift, Jonathan

13.

Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win anything if we never even enter the game. Lucky people are aware of the possibility of losing, and indeed they may lose often. But since the chances they take are small, the losses tend to be small. By being willing to accept small losses, they put themselves in position to make large gains.

Gunther, Max

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Winfrey, Oprah

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

Erica Jong

18.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alda, Alan

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If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Hufstedler, Shirley

20.

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.

Koestler, Arthur

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Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they have connections. I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects.

Simon, Neil

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To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.

Plutarch

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Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.

Friedman, Milton

24.

?How does one become a butterfly? she asked pensively. You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

Paulus, Trina

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If you want to launch big ships you have to go where the water is deep.

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Most successful people are people who take risks--calculated risks--but nevertheless, risks.

27.

Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Rohn, Jim

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Two roads diverge in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Frost, Robert

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

Churchill, Winston

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Some people prefer to keep their foot in a bog so they don't risk falling over.

Shaw, P.K.

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Where there is much to risk, there is much to consider.

Platen

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If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Allen, Woody

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Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.

Maxim, Cadet

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Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

Johnson, Jimmy

38.

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

Hines, Duncan

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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Willis, Nathaniel P.

40.

If a mans gonna eat fried chicken, he's gotta get greasy.

41.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Repplier, Agnes

42.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

43.

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

44.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

Salazar, Alberto

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If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line.

Nolte, Nick

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Don't be afraid to go out on a limb.That's where the fruit is.

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Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?

Noble, Alex

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There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.

Pilpay

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If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances.

Soul, Julia