Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Collier, Robert

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

Somebody must take a chance. The monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did.

Steffens, Lincoln

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

Aesop

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

Lippmann, Walter

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

Danton, Georges

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

Frost, Robert

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

Gretzky, Wayne

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.

Pilpay

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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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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

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I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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 dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Ovid

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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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When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were--to the very last minute--a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

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

Patton, George S.

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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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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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

Soul, Julia

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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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People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

Sculley, John

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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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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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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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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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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

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Keller, Helen

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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?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

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

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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alda, Alan

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

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

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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.

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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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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

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Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

Conner, Mike