Motivational Quotes

Risk

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.

- Koestler, Arthur

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Pilpay

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

Jong, Erica

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

Rohn, Jim

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Kroc, Ray

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

Proust, Marcel

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

Eliot, T. S.

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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

12.

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

West, Meredith

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

Salazar, Alberto

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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

Sculley, John

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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

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

Soul, Julia

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Nolte, Nick

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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

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

Wilcox, Frederick

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To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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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

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

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

Virgil

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

Horace

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Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Watson, Thomas J.

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You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive

Kazan, Elia

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

Ali, Muhammad

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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Patton, George S.

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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

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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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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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?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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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.