Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Gardner, John W.

Best Quotes about Risk

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Roosevelt, Theodore

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Newman, Henry Cardinal

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

Soul, Julia

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

Kazan, Elia

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

Collier, Robert

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

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.

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Others attempt to live cautiously in the safety of established patterns. They do not feel fulfilled, yet they have found a formula not of success (whatever that is), but of avoiding failure. This is the living death -- when security becomes the overwhelming consideration.

Read, Randy

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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There's no reward in life without risk.

Farber, Barry J.

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

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

Wilcox, Frederick

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

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

Brown, Les

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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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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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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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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

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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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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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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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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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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

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

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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

Nolte, Nick

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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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.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Erica Jong

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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.