Motivational Quotes

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.

Best Quotes about Risk

1.

?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

2.

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

Ali, Muhammad

3.

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

Ash, Roy

4.

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

James, William

5.

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

Eliot, T. S.

6.

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

7.

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.

8.

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

9.

Somebody must take a chance. The monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did.

Steffens, Lincoln

10.

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.

John F. Kennedy

11.

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

Burke, James E.

12.

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

Pilpay

13.

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

14.

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

15.

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.

16.

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

Stine, Richard

17.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

18.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive

Kazan, Elia

19.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

20.

Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

21.

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

Lippmann, Walter

22.

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

Toffler, Alvin

23.

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

Repplier, Agnes

24.

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

25.

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

Moss, Stirling

26.

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

27.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

28.

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

Metastasio, Pietro

29.

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

Shaw, P.K.

30.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

Kroc, Ray

31.

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

32.

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

33.

It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

Swift, Jonathan

34.

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

Brown, Les

35.

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

36.

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

Lillian Carter

37.

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

38.

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.

Maxim, Cadet

39.

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

Friedman, Milton

40.

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

Soul, Julia

41.

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

West, Meredith

42.

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