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

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.

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

Friedman, Milton

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.

Brown, Les

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

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

Soul, Julia

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

Platen

A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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

Maltz, Maxwell

10.

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

Lippmann, Walter

11.

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

Proverb, American

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

Patton, George S.

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

16.

To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

17.

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

18.

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

Churchill, Winston

19.

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.

Ash, Roy

20.

There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

21.

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

Rohn, Jim

23.

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

Moss, Stirling

25.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down

Bradbury, Ray

26.

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

Lillian Carter

27.

If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line.

Nolte, Nick

28.

What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

29.

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

Woodberry, George E.

30.

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

31.

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

Repplier, Agnes

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

Wilcox, Frederick

33.

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

34.

Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

35.

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

West, Meredith

37.

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

38.

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

Eliot, T. S.

40.

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

Sarton, May

41.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

42.

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

Johnson, Jimmy

43.

Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.

Proverb, Persian

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

Danton, Georges

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

Gerstner, Lou

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

Proust, Marcel

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren