Motivational Quotes

Risk

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.

Best Quotes about Risk

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

He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

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.

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

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

Platen

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Collier, Robert

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

Virgil

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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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

12.

Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

Proverb, Arabian

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

Danton, Georges

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

Patton, George S.

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If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

Salazar, Alberto

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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. The buck not only stops at their desks, it starts there too.

Kiam, Victor

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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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What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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

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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.

John F. Kennedy

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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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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

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

Sculley, John

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Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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

Proverb, American

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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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If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Allen, Woody

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Buyers are graded not only on their successes, but also on their failures. Too many hits means the buyer isn't taking enough chances.

Wexner, Leslie

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

Burke, James E.

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Most successful people are people who take risks--calculated risks--but nevertheless, risks.

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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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If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Rohn, Jim

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

Aesop

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There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

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

Shaw, P.K.

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

Friedman, Milton

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Woodberry, George E.

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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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If you don't risk anything you risk even more.

Erica Jong

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