Motivational Quotes

Risk

It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Roosevelt, Theodore

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Friedman, Milton

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

Toffler, Alvin

First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

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

Danton, Georges

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

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

Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

Proverb, Arabian

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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

James, William

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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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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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The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Aesop

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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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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Roosevelt, Theodore

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The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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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

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

Metastasio, Pietro

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

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

Sculley, John

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

Krone, Julie

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Repplier, Agnes

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Proverb, American

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

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If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Newman, Henry Cardinal

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

West, Meredith

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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