Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Churchill, Winston

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Jong, Erica

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

Getty, J. Paul

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Toffler, Alvin

Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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

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

Eliot, T. S.

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

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Thackeray, William M.

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

10.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

11.

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

Gretzky, Wayne

12.

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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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

Ash, Roy

18.

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

Wilcox, Frederick

19.

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

Repplier, Agnes

20.

Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

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

Virgil

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Allen, Woody

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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.

John F. Kennedy

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We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

Rohn, Jim

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

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Others attempt to live cautiously in the safety of established patterns. They do not feel fulfilled, yet they have found a formula not of success (whatever that is), but of avoiding failure. This is the living death -- when security becomes the overwhelming consideration.

Read, Randy

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

Platen

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Buyers are graded not only on their successes, but also on their failures. Too many hits means the buyer isn't taking enough chances.

Wexner, Leslie

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

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

Erica Jong