Taking a risk to achieve a goal requires courage to face the fear of uncertainty. No matter the outcome, either way, we grow through the process and become more resilient and confident. Inspirational quotes about taking risks will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Most Famous Quotes About Taking Risks
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Goethe
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller
Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect. Criss Jami
It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult. Seneca
Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go. T.S. Eliot
But if you’re gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you’re gonna get eaten. Nick Cave
What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter. Peter Drucker
There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow. Aaron Lauritsen
Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. Jimmy Carter
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. Sheryl Sandberg
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso
Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression. Criss Jami
Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting. Karl Wallenda
But he’d learned long ago that a life lived without risks pretty much wasn’t worth living. Life rewarded courage, even when that first step was taken neck deep in fear. Tamera Alexander
If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti
It’s in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home. Aaron Lauritsen
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George
This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there’s nothing to be afraid of. If we don’t get over our fears, they never will. Lisi Harrison
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. William James
If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it’s like to win. Richard Branson
Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
It is no secret that the greatest treasures are found in the most remote, inaccessible and difficult places where we must pursue them with great energy and even greater risk. It’s the same with our lives. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s. Billy Wilder
Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary. Iveta Cherneva
The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety. Goethe
Well. Maud handed me a bandage. That was the most foolish thing you’ve ever done. Don’t joke. We both know it isn’t. Linsey Miller
Do not fear mistakes. There are none. Miles Davis
Not taking reasonable chances makes us afraid to live. Bert McCoy
A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he has done. Cardinal Newman
Today if you don’t play the risk game, tomorrow you’ll play the blame game. Shubhankar Mishr
Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. Tom Peters
Live fierce because you’ve got this! Germany Kent
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Courage is not always found in grand and dramatic gestures or jaw dropping feats. It is the grassrootsy, unassuming brand of bravery that should not be underestimated. Kristen Lee
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
I personally believe that fear is a great motivator. Being afraid can even be healthy, as you really achieve something grand when you get to the other side of your worst nightmare. Jim Brickman
Leap and the net will appear. Zen Saying
If you want different in your life, your actions will need to match that. Switch up your routines, create newer goals, take massive risks, pick up new hobbies, and try different styles. Fully embody the energy of change. Robin S. Baker
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan
You can cross a river by swimming but it’s good to learn how to swim before you jump in the river. Pooja Agnihotri
Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.
You’re gonna miss each and every shot you can’t be bothered to take. That’s not living life, that’s just being a tourist. David Aja
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. Samuel Johnson
Risk is a necessary component of success. Carlos Wallace
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
When you are taking a risk, go with the one that could be life changing. Germany Kent
Are you placing enough interesting, freakish, long shot, weirdo bets? Tom Peters
For an artist, screams of adoration and praise is the reward for spilling your guts on the stage. Rik Leaf
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. General George Patton
There are very few aspects of life that do not involve some form of risk, especially since outcomes are never guaranteed. Carlos Wallace
I can accept failure. Everybody fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Fear is an illusion. Michael Jordan
Life is risk, to make it more riskier, don’t take risk. Ned Bryan Abakah
Opportunity dances with those on the dance floor.
I’m not afraid to lose. I’ve already lost if risks are not taken. Marion Bekoe
Yes, risk taking is inherently failure prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure thing taking. Jim McMahon
Freedom is always associated with risk taking, whether it leads to it or comes from it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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 year. Peter Drucker
People who swim very well in troubled waters are respected and celebrated than those who swim excellently in calm waters. Israelmore Ayivor
Necessity is the mother of taking chances. Mark Twain
If you take a risk and it doesn’t go as planned, welcome to the club. Fran Hauser
99 percent of success is built on failure. Charles Kettering
There is a point where courage becomes a symptom of mental illness. Wayne Gerard Trotman
Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick Wilcox
There is a point to which we alone can take ourselves. And while we think that to be the pinnacle of our existence, with God it is the point of departure for our existence. Craig D. Lounsbrough
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Robert Schuller
If you put all your eggs in one basket, any fall will be a messy one. Frank Sonnenberg
