Motivational Quotes

Risk

Life is a risk.

- Diane Von Furstenberg

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Danton, Georges

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

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

Hines, Duncan

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

Allen, Woody

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

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

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

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

Jong, Erica

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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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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

Hufstedler, Shirley

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

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

Jong, Erica

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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.

Maltz, Maxwell

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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

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

Repplier, Agnes

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

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What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Ovid

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

Krone, Julie

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To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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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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Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Mansfield, Katherine

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

Soul, Julia

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

Gardner, John W.

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

Shaw, P.K.

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

Platen

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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

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Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down

Bradbury, Ray

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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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Life is a risk.

Diane Von Furstenberg

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Stine, Richard

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

Metastasio, Pietro