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

18.

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

19.

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

West, Meredith

20.

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

Getty, J. Paul

21.

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

Wilcox, Frederick

22.

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

23.

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

Jong, Erica

24.

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

Soul, Julia

25.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Ali, Muhammad

26.

What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.

Lindbergh, Charles A.

27.

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Aesop

28.

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

29.

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

Frost, Robert

30.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

Lillian Carter

31.

Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Mansfield, Katherine

32.

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

33.

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

34.

To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

35.

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.

Sher, Barbara

36.

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

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

37.

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

Willis, Nathaniel P.

38.

?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

39.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

40.

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

Eliot, T. S.

41.

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

42.

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

43.

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

Maltz, Maxwell

44.

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

45.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

46.

All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan