Motivational Quotes

Risk

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

- Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

Best Quotes about Risk

Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Sarton, May

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

Brown, Les

There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were--to the very last minute--a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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

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

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Moss, Stirling

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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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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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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.

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

Aesop

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

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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

Toffler, Alvin

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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

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

Repplier, Agnes

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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

Soul, Julia

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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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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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

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

Jong, Erica

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

Jong, Erica

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

Stine, Richard

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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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Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

Havlicek, John

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

Krone, Julie

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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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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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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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

West, Meredith

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

Patton, George S.

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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

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

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

Kazan, Elia