Risks And Taking Chances Quotes

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

  Jim McMahon

  Motivational, Failure, Risk

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance

  Dale Carnegie

  Overcoming Addiction, Risk, Chance

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.95, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

  John Henry Newman

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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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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  Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Road Not Taken" l. 16 (1916)

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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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  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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• 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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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook - a Treasury of the Wisdom of the Ages". Book edited by Dorothy Carnegie, 1983.

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  The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Inspirational, Morning, Business

  "Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg -- Insights For Entrepreneurs" by Steve Tobak, www.cbsnews.com. October 31, 2011.

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• Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, p.42

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• When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

  George S. Patton

  Decision, Facts, Made

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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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• It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Claude Bissell

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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

  Rosalyn Drexler

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Motivational, Inspiring, Confidence

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• A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

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• If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

  Jim Carrey

  Dream, Giving Up, Starving

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• It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

  Andre Gide

  Life, Travel, Adventure

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• It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

  Jim Carrey

  Dream, Wisdom, Giving Up

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• Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Encouragement

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.286, Thomas Nelson Inc

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