Motivational Quotes

Risk

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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

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Julia Sorel

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Pilpay

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

Collier, Robert

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

Allen, Woody

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

10.

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

11.

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.

12.

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

Repplier, Agnes

13.

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

Wilcox, Frederick

15.

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.

16.

?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

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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

18.

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

19.

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

Erica Jong

20.

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

Rohn, Jim

21.

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

22.

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

23.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

24.

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

25.

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

27.

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

28.

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

Virgil

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When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.

Sher, Barbara

30.

Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. Most important, don't listen when the little voice of fear inside you rears its ugly head and says. they all smarter than you out there. They're more talented, they're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier, and they have connections. I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects.

Simon, Neil

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It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

Swift, Jonathan

32.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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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 never budge, don't expect a push.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Friedman, Milton

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

39.

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

Moss, Stirling

40.

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

Ali, Muhammad

41.

To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

42.

Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win anything if we never even enter the game. Lucky people are aware of the possibility of losing, and indeed they may lose often. But since the chances they take are small, the losses tend to be small. By being willing to accept small losses, they put themselves in position to make large gains.

Gunther, Max

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

Joaquin Setanti

45.

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

Horace

46.

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

Aesop

47.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

48.

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

Kazan, Elia

49.

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