Motivational Quotes

Risk

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

- James, William

Best Quotes about Risk

1.

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

Nolte, Nick

2.

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

3.

Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

4.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Waitley, Denis

5.

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

6.

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

7.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

Gerstner, Lou

8.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

9.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

Horace

10.

If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.

11.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

12.

One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

Gardner, John W.

13.

All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

14.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

15.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

16.

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

17.

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

18.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

Churchill, Winston

23.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Julia Sorel

24.

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

Ovid

25.

To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

26.

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

27.

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

Hines, Duncan

28.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Newman, Henry Cardinal

29.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Woodberry, George E.

30.

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

Toffler, Alvin

31.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

James, William

32.

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

Frost, Robert

33.

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

Jong, Erica

34.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

35.

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

Katherine Mansfield

36.

Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

37.

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

38.

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.

39.

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

40.

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

41.

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

42.

What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

43.

Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

44.

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

Salazar, Alberto