Risk-taking Quotes

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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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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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Leadership, Mistake

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

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Neale Donald Walsch

Life, Motivational, Travel

Neale Donald Walsch (2010). “Neale Donald Walsh's Little Book of Life: A User's Manual”, p.95, Hampton Roads Publishing

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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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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Leo Buscaglia

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

Mitt Romney

Fighting, Opportunity, Government

"Romney: Throw out the big-government liberals". Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2008.

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

Jim McMahon

Motivational, Failure, Risk

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Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.

Charlie Kaufman

Encouraging, Courage, Failure

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Helen Keller

Death, Spiritual, Courage

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

Inspirational, Life, Success

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Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Tom Peters

Risk, Tests, Failing

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Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity.

Mitt Romney

Opportunity, Risk, Initiative

Mitt Romney's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2008.

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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.

William James

Life, Change, Positive

William James (2000). “Pragmatism and Other Writings”, p.294, Penguin

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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1900). “The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan”

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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.

Victor Kiam

Responsibility, Ideas, Support

Victor Kiam (1987). “Going for It: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur”, Signet

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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

George S. Patton

Inspirational, Courage, Fear

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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