Motivational Quotes

Risk

Never tell me the odds.

- Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

Best Quotes about Risk

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Feather, William

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

Burke, James E.

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

Some people prefer to keep their foot in a bog so they don't risk falling over.

Shaw, P.K.

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

?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

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Patton, George S.

What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

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

Ovid

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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Stine, Richard

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The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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To achieve anything in this game, you must be prepared to dabbled on the boundary of disaster.

Moss, Stirling

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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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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

28.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

Lillian Carter

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

Soul, Julia

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Krone, Julie

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

Gardner, John W.

41.

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

Gerstner, Lou

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

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

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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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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Toffler, Alvin