Motivational Quotes

Risk

?How does one become a butterfly? she asked pensively. You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

- Paulus, Trina

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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.

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

Moss, Stirling

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

Stine, Richard

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

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

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

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

Allen, Woody

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

Nolte, Nick

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

Kroc, Ray

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

Erica Jong

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out

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

Patton, George S.

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

Jong, Erica

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Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Aesop

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

Pilpay

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

Virgil

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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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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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Educated risks are the key to success.

Olsten, William

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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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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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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Woodberry, George E.

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

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

Salazar, Alberto

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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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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People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

Sculley, John

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To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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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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Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

Churchill, Winston

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren