Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Jong, Erica

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

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

Julia Sorel

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Newman, Henry Cardinal

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

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

Jong, Erica

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

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A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

Toffler, Alvin

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People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

Proust, Marcel

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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

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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Aesop

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

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

Patton, George S.

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

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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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The irony is this: If you don't go in, you can't find out.

Stine, Richard

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We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.

Burke, James E.

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If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

Kroc, Ray

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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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

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

Gardner, John W.

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Jong, Erica

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

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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.

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

Ali, Muhammad

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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

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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

Gerstner, Lou

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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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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 don't risk anything you risk even more.

Erica Jong

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

West, Meredith

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

Lippmann, Walter

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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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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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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Ash, Mary Kay

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The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.