Risk-taking Quotes

242 Risk-taking quotes by 169 unique authors

Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts… — Peter Drucker
Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed, — Bill Gross
No noble thing can be done without risks. — Michel de Montaigne
Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated. — Robert Frost
Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks. — Ignazio Silone
Revolutionaries don't get job security. — Ruby Dee
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. — Mitt Romney
We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint. — Robert Falcon Scott
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. — Andre Gide
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide
To win without risk is to triumph without glory. — Pierre Corneille
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition,… — Mitch Daniels
I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting. — Drake
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a… — Peter Drucker
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets… — Gary Hamel
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. — Herbie Hancock
You must lose a fly to catch a trout. — George Herbert
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an… — William James
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is… — Helen Keller
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They… — Victor Kiam
Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk… — R. D. Laing
To be alive at all involves some risk. — Harold MacMillan
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to… — Andre Malraux
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself.… — Katherine Mansfield

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