Risk-taking Quotes

242 quotes by 181 authors

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. — Ray Bradbury
I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me. — Cher
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. — Paulo Coelho
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. — Henri Frederic Amiel
If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but… — Virginia Woolf
Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. — Jim McMahon
What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker.… — John W. Gardner
There can be no freedom of the individual, no democracy, without the capital system, the profit system, the private enterprise system. These are, in the… — Russell Cornell Leffingwell
Do one thing everyday that scares you... Taking risks takes practice. — John Shumate
Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where… — Jerry Uelsmann
RE: GSEs like Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: "creditors will continue to underprice the risk-taking of these financial institutions, overfund them, and fail to provide… — Gary H. Stern
I look around, pretty much 100% of the people driving are texting. And they're killing, everybody's murdering each other with their cars. But people are… — Louis C. K.
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all… — Martin Scorsese
Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking. — Nick Stahl
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. — Livy
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and… — Aristotle
It is important to learn from other women. We have a lot to offer and to learn from each other out of our separate and… — Hazel Hawke
The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work. — Hazel Hawke
In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence… — Peter Senge

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