Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Risk

1.

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

2.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

3.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

4.

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

Jong, Erica

5.

Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

Proverb, Arabian

6.

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

7.

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

Wilcox, Frederick

8.

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

Joaquin Setanti

9.

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

10.

He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

11.

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

Koestler, Arthur

12.

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

Lippmann, Walter

13.

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

Rohn, Jim

14.

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

Horace

15.

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

Havlicek, John

16.

All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

17.

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

Shaw, P.K.

18.

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

Getty, J. Paul

19.

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.

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

Ovid

23.

What you risk reveals what you value.

Jeanette Winterson

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

Lillian Carter

28.

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

29.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

30.

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

Brown, Les

31.

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

32.

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

33.

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

Aesop

34.

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

35.

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

Sarton, May

36.

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

37.

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

38.

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

Allen, Woody

39.

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

40.

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

Gardner, John W.

41.

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

Ali, Muhammad

42.

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

Pilpay

43.

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

44.

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

Metastasio, Pietro

45.

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

Repplier, Agnes

46.

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

Jong, Erica

47.

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

Gerstner, Lou

48.

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

49.

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.

50.

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

Salazar, Alberto