Risk Quotes

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In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line. — Tom Clancy
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success. — Luc de Clapiers
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over. — Eric Clapton
When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like… — Nick Clegg
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need… — Isabel Allende
I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either… — Hillary Clinton
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. — Paulo Coelho
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. — Paulo Coelho
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. — Paulo Coelho
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial… — A. R. Ammons
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. — Walter Anderson
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger… — Henri Nouwen
For a certain type of woman who risks losing her identity in a man, there are all those questions . . . until you get… — Anouk Aimee
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary migrations in recorded… — George W. Bush
It says something about our country that people around the world are willing to leave their homes and leave their families and risk everything to… — George W. Bush
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you… — Robert A. Heinlein
For God's Sake be sure you do not risk the cannon. — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has… — John Rosemond

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