Motivational Quotes

Risk

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.

Best Quotes about Risk

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

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

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

Toffler, Alvin

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Churchill, Winston

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

Brown, Les

Good to sell knowledge for labor, honor for risk.

Proverb, Arabian

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

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

Moss, Stirling

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

Platen

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He who stays in the valley will never see over the hill.

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Buffett, Warren

13.

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

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

Ovid

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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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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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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.

Proverb, Persian

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

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

Krone, Julie

21.

Never tell me the odds.

Movie, Star Wars - Han Solo

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

Gerstner, Lou

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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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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

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

Friedman, Milton

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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 you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Rohn, Jim

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

Julia Sorel

33.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Koestler, Arthur

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We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Sarton, May

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

Gretzky, Wayne

40.

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

Ali, Muhammad

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

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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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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All serious daring starts from within.

Baez, Joan

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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.