Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Woodberry, George E.

Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Stine, Richard

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

Gretzky, Wayne

If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

Erica Jong

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

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

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All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.

Rohn, Jim

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Rohn, Jim

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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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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We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

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It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

Swift, Jonathan

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

Soul, Julia

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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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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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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

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

Repplier, Agnes

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

Jong, Erica

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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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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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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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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Sculley, John

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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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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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

Hines, Duncan

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

Gerstner, Lou

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

Aesop

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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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The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

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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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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.

John F. Kennedy

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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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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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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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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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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.

Proverb, American

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

Platen

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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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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