Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

Woodberry, George E.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

Danton, Georges

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

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

Ovid

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

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Shaw, P.K.

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

Pilpay

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

Rohn, Jim

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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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

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

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

Platen

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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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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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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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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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

Krone, Julie

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

Moss, Stirling

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

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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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To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Soul, Julia

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Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

Proverb, Arabian

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Wilcox, Frederick

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

West, Meredith

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

Jong, Erica

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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

Joaquin Setanti

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Mansfield, Katherine

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

Sculley, John

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

Getty, J. Paul

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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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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