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

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

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Getty, J. Paul

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

Stine, Richard

Where there is much to risk, there is much to consider.

Platen

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

Jong, Erica

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

West, Meredith

Buyers are graded not only on their successes, but also on their failures. Too many hits means the buyer isn't taking enough chances.

Wexner, Leslie

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We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Sarton, May

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The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

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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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With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits.

Krone, Julie

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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

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

Pilpay

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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

Ali, Muhammad

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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. The buck not only stops at their desks, it starts there too.

Kiam, Victor

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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

Eliot, T. S.

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

James, William

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Metastasio, Pietro

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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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Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

Johnson, Jimmy

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Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Repplier, Agnes

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

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

Koestler, Arthur

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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 don't risk anything you risk even more.

Erica Jong

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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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Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

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If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Allen, Woody

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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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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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.

Friedman, Milton

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

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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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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.