Taking Risks Quotes

• 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

  Mean, Thinking, Years

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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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• What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Being Strong, Confidence, Courage

  Vincent van Gogh, Vincent Willem Gogh (1927). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886: With a Memoir by His Sister-in-law, J. Van Gogh-Bonger ...”

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• Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

  James Bryant Conant

  Motivational, Courage, Funny Inspirational

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• He who will not risk cannot win.

  John Paul Jones

  Winning, Risk, Inexorable

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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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• 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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• It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Success, Congratulations

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.71, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

  John Paul Jones

  Winning, Law, Risk

  "Should young people take risks while volunteering?" by Sally Higham, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2013.

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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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• 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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• If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space.

  Stephen Hunt

  Motivational, Adventurous Life, Space

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• The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Happiness, Bad Day, Cutting

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.86, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Wisdom, Learning, School

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Jawaharlal Nehru's Speeches”

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• If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016

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• No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Men, Risk

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  "Mark Cuban: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. November 17, 2008.

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• Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

  Tom Peters

  Risk, Tests, Failing

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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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• The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

  Maimonides

  Self Esteem, Decisions You Make, Risk

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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• Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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• To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Success, Courage

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