Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Brown, Les

Best Quotes about Risk

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.

John F. Kennedy

As the band got more successful, it was increasingly difficult to get people to take a risk with something that might jeopardize their livelihood. [On Genesis]

Gabriel, Peter

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

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

Frost, Robert

Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash.

Patton, George S.

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

Allen, Woody

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Virgil

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.

Proverb, Persian

11.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Jong, Erica

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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. The buck not only stops at their desks, it starts there too.

Kiam, Victor

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

Getty, J. Paul

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

Brown, Les

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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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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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.

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Collier, Robert

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

Soul, Julia

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

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If you never budge, don't expect a push.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

28.

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

Johnson, Jimmy

29.

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

Platen

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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

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If you want to stand out, don't be different, be outstanding.

West, Meredith

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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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Be bold. If you are going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

King, Billie Jean

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

Ash, Roy

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

Repplier, Agnes

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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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During the first period of a man's life, the danger is not to take the risk.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Gretzky, Wayne

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Wilcox, Frederick

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We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

Havlicek, John

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You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention, and sometime, maybe somebody, will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

Roth, David Lee

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

Joaquin Setanti

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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The ?sure thing? boat never gets far from shore.

Carnegie, Dale

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

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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Ovid

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I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

Horowitz, Vladimir

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

Hines, Duncan