Risk Quotes

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.

Pilpay

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.

Max Gunther

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alan Alda

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

T. S. Eliot

The irony is this: If you don't go in, you can't find out.

Richard Stine

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

David Lloyd George

Perseverance and audacity generally win!

Madame Dorothe Deluzy

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

Mike Conner

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

James B. Conant

You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away.

Charles Dickens

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The ?sure thing? boat never gets far from shore.

Dale Carnegie

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

There's no reward in life without risk.

Barry J. Farber

I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I can't help it, it's my personality. I'd like to think it's not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur.

Jay Chiat

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

Jimmy Johnson

If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., A Father'

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Publilius Syrus

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

Stirling Moss

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)

Blaise Pascal