Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Repplier, Agnes

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

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

Krone, Julie

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

Shaw, P.K.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Julia Sorel

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Lippmann, Walter

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

Proust, Marcel

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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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.

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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

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To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Proverb, American

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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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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Pilpay

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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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I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

Horowitz, Vladimir

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

Wilcox, Frederick

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

Rohn, Jim

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To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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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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What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

Ovid

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

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

Burke, James E.

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It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

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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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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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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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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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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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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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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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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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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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If you never budge, don't expect a push.