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50 Awesome Quotes on RiskTaking

1."Whateveryoucando,ordreamyoucan,beginit.Boldnesshasgenius,powerandmagicinit."Goethe

2."Securityismostlyasuperstition.Lifeiseitheradaringadventureornothing."HelenKeller

3."It'snotbecausethingsaredifficultthatwedarenotventure.It'sbecausewedarenotventurethattheyaredifficult."Seneca

4."Onlythosewhowillriskgoingtoofarcanpossiblyfindouthowfaritispossibletogo."T.S.Eliot

5."Whatyouhavetodoandthewayyouhavetodoitis

incrediblysimple.Whetheryouarewillingtodoitisanothermatter."PeterDrucker

6."Gooutonalimb.That'swherethefruitis."JimmyCarter

7."IamalwaysdoingthatwhichIcannotdo,inorderthatImaylearnhowtodoit."PabloPicasso

8."Lifeisbeingonthewire,everythingelseisjustwaiting.KarlWallenda

9."Ifthingsseemundercontrol,youarejustnotgoingfastenough."MarioAndretti

10."Don'tbeafraidtotakeabigstep.Youcan'tcrossachasmintwosmalljumps."DavidLloydGeorge

11."Itisonlybyriskingourpersonsfromonehourtoanotherthatweliveatall."WilliamJames

12."Doonethingeverydaythatscaresyou."EleanorRoosevelt

13."Trustyourowninstinct.Yourmistakesmightaswellbeyourown,insteadofsomeoneelse's."BillyWilder

14."Thedangersoflifeareinfinite,andamongthemissafety."Goethe

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29."Yes,risktakingisinherentlyfailureprone.Otherwise,itwouldbecalled'surethingtaking.'"JimMcMahon

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31."Necessityisthemotheroftakingchances."MarkTwain

32."99percentofsuccessisbuiltonfailure."CharlesKettering

33."Progressalwaysinvolvesrisks.Youcan'tstealsecondbaseandkeepyourfootonfirst."FrederickWilcox

34."Whatgreatthingwouldyouattemptifyouknewyoucouldnotfail?"RobertSchuller

35."Everysocietyhonorsitsliveconformistsanditsdeadtroublemakers."MignonMcLaughlin

36."Youcanonlybeasgoodasyoudaretobebad."JohnBarrymore

37."Anythingthatissuccessfulisaseriesofmistakes."BillieArmstrong

38."Givemetheyoungmanwhohasbrainsenoughtomakeafoolofhimself."RobertLouisStevenson

39."Ifit'sagoodidea,goaheadanddoit.It'smucheasiertoapologizethanitistogetpermission."RearAdmiralGraceHopper

40."Ifyourisknothing,thenyouriskeverything."GeenaDavis

41."Takinganewstep,utteringanewword,iswhatpeoplefearmost."FyodorDostoevsky

42."Remember,adeadfishcanfloatdownastream,butittakesaliveonetoswimupstream."W.C.Fields

43."Takerisks:ifyouwin,youwillbehappyifyoulose,youwillbewise."Anonymous

44."Todareistoloseone'sfootingmomentarily.Tonotdareistoloseoneself."SorenKierkegaard

45."You'llalwaysmiss100%oftheshotsyoudon'ttake."WayneGretzky

46."Itisonlyinadventurethatsomepeoplesucceedinknowingthemselves."AndreGide

47."Donotbetootimidandsqueamishaboutyouractions.Alllifeisanexperiment.Themoreexperimentsyoumakethebetter."RalphWaldoEmerson

48."Onedoesnotdiscovernewlandswithoutconsentingtolosesightoftheshoreforaverylongtime."AndreGide

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49."Dangercanneverbeovercomewithouttakingrisks."LatinProverb

50."I'llplayitfirst,andtellyouwhatitislater."MilesDavis

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