Motivational Quotes

Risk

There's no reward in life without risk.

- Farber, Barry J.

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

Shaw, P.K.

All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Deluzy, Madame Dorothe

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

Salazar, Alberto

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

Eliot, T. S.

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

Erica Jong

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

Woodberry, George E.

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

10.

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

11.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Julia Sorel

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

Lillian Carter

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

Allen, Woody

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

Willis, Nathaniel P.

16.

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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Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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Somebody must take a chance. The monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn't are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did.

Steffens, Lincoln

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

Jong, Erica

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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 stand out, don't be different, be outstanding.

West, Meredith

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Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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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Run for daylight.

Lombardi, Vince

26.

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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An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.

Ash, Roy

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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

29.

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

Jong, Erica

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To win you have to risk loss.

Killy, Jean Claude

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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

33.

We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.

Burke, James E.

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First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.

Helmuth von Moltke

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

Gretzky, Wayne

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Where there is much to risk, there is much to consider.

Platen

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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 never budge, don't expect a push.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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

44.

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Rohn, Jim

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

49.

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

Newman, Henry Cardinal

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No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston