Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Vauvenargues, Marquis De

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Lillian Carter

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

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

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

Proust, Marcel

Two roads diverge in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Frost, Robert

To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.

Plutarch

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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

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

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

Jong, Erica

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Ash, Roy

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

Lippmann, Walter

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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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

Joaquin Setanti

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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

West, Meredith

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

Krone, Julie

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The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

Horace

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

Repplier, Agnes

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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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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

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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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If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Hufstedler, Shirley

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

Shaw, P.K.

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A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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

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

Pilpay

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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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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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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Julia Sorel

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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

Woodberry, George E.

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

Kroc, Ray

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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

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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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The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

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Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Virgil

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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