Motivational Quotes

Risk

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

- Repplier, Agnes

Best Quotes about Risk

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

Horace

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

Hammarskjold, Dag

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

Proust, Marcel

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

Aesop

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

Hines, Duncan

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

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

Brown, Les

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

Virgil

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

Ovid

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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

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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

12.

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

Proverb, American

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

Krone, Julie

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

Pilpay

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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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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Gerstner, Lou

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Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Danton, Georges

23.

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

Kazan, Elia

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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.

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

Jong, Erica

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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

29.

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

Jong, Erica

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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

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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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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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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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I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have anything to do with happiness. I mean happiness comes from facing challenges and going out on a limb and taking risks. If you're not willing to take a risk for something you really care about, you might as well be dead.

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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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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?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

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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.

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

Sculley, John