Motivational Quotes

Risk

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.

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

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

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

Eliot, T. S.

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

Virgil

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

West, Meredith

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

Horace

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

Jong, Erica

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

Kroc, Ray

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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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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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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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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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It was a bold person that first ate an oyster.

Swift, Jonathan

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

Proust, Marcel

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

Pilpay

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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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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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.

Koestler, Arthur

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

Lippmann, Walter

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To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

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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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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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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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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alda, Alan

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

Sarton, May

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Nolte, Nick

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Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

Gerstner, Lou

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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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

Hines, Duncan

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

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

Frost, Robert

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What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

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

Proverb, American

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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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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