Risk And Failure Quotes

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Gary Blair

Opportunity, Risk, Stakes

"Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond". Book by Peter Brill and David Debin, 2006.

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Andre Gide

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Andre Gide (2012). “The Counterfeiters: A Novel”, p.353, Vintage

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anais Nin

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

Jim McMahon

Motivational, Failure, Risk

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Robert Kennedy

Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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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.

Denis Waitley

Life, Stay Positive, Risk

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To love is to risk not being loved in return.

Leo Buscaglia

Life, Love Is, Deep Love

LEO BUSCAGLIA, PH.D. (1982). “LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING”

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Jim Rohn

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 02, 2016

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

T. S. Eliot

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Samuel Beckett

Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

1983 Worst ward Ho.

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

Ray Bradbury

Courage, Humor, Greatness

Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller (2012). “Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews”, p.215, Melville House

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

J. K. Rowling

Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Rosalynn Carter

Courage, Women, Failure

Rosalynn Carter (2016). “First Lady from Plains”, p.45, University of Arkansas Press

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Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Paulo Coelho

Encouraging, Courage, Inspiration

FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 15, 2012

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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

e. e. cummings

Life, Confidence, Believe

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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"Design for Power : The Struggle for the World". Book by Frederick Lewis Schuman, 1941.

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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

William Faulkner

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Our lives improve only when we take chances.

Walter Inglis Anderson

Truth, Honesty, Risk

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Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Jack Canfield

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Twitter post from Oct 08, 2015

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