Risk Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase; that’s what wild geese are for.”
– Henry S. Haskins

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ”
– Soren Kierkegaard

“When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ”
– Cynthia Heimel

“Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at. ”
– Unknown

“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.”
– G.K. Chesterton

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for.”
– John A. Shedd

“This nation was built by men who took risks—pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. ”
– Brooks Atkinson

“The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.”
– Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

“Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
– Mark Twain

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I… I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
– Robert Frost

“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

“To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world—an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control—that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncertain and on a willingness to be exposed; it’s based on being more like a plant than like a jewel—something rather fragile, but whose very particular beauty is inseparable from that fragility.”
– Martha Nussbaum

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”
– Vincent Van Gogh

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”
– G.K. Chesterton

“The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become. ”
– W.E.B. Du Bois

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible—and achieve it, generation after generation.”
– Pearl S. Buck

“People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.”
– katherine Mansfield

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.”
– Winston Churchill

“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ”
– james B. Conant

“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. ”
– T.S. Eliot

“I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If you never budge, don’t expect a push. ”
– Malcolm S. Forbes

“Without the element of uncertainty—the bringing off of even—the greatest triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.”
– J. Paul Getty

“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

“It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.”
– marilyn moots kennedy

“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.”
– Cadet Maxim

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