Motivational Quotes

Risk

You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention, and sometime, maybe somebody, will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

- Roth, David Lee

Best Quotes about Risk

1.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down

Bradbury, Ray

2.

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

Eliot, T. S.

3.

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

Churchill, Winston

4.

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

5.

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

Allen, Woody

6.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Toffler, Alvin

7.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Euripides

8.

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

Proverb, American

9.

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

10.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Woodberry, George E.

11.

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

Lillian Carter

12.

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

Havlicek, John

13.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Ovid

14.

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

15.

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

Collier, Robert

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Brown, Les

21.

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

Patton, George S.

22.

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

Lippmann, Walter

23.

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

24.

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

25.

It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

Kennedy, Marilyn Moats

26.

Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.

Friedman, Milton

27.

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

Moss, Stirling

28.

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

Koestler, Arthur

29.

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

30.

?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

31.

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

Krone, Julie

32.

All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

33.

If you want to stand out, don't be different, be outstanding.

West, Meredith

34.

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

Salazar, Alberto

35.

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

Ali, Muhammad

36.

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

Hines, Duncan

37.

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

Proust, Marcel

38.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

39.

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Ash, Mary Kay

40.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Syrus, Publilius

41.

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

Gretzky, Wayne

42.

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

Woodberry, George E.

43.

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

Virgil

44.

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

45.

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

46.

To save all we must risk all.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

47.

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

48.

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

Kroc, Ray

49.

To save oneself, one must take risks and struggle.

50.

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.