Risk-taking Quotes

242 Risk-taking quotes by 169 unique authors

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you… — George S. Patton
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. — George S. Patton
Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. — Tom Peters
Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job… — John Podhoretz
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. — Will Rogers
And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the… — Mitt Romney
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it… — Mitt Romney
I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can… — Matt Smith
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work,… — David Soul
We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Necessity is the mother of taking chances. — Mark Twain
I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all.… — Paul Walker
Nothing risque, nothing gained. — Alexander Woollcott
America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a… — Thomas Friedman
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You… — Louise Erdrich
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for. — Albert Einstein
Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. — Jimmy Carter
I'm just being practial. I knew someday I might have to bare my throat to you. Pete and I discussed that very possibility. As for… — Jennifer Rardin
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. — William James
If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained. — Neil Gaiman
There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your… — Judith McNaught
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make. — Paulo Coelho
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good — Ezra Pound
Being a star requires risk-taking shoes. — Sarah Dessen
If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try. — Seth Godin

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