Take Calculated Risks Quotes
Choose a Pillar of Greatness
Pick a Type of Insight
“There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
“When you go out of your comfort zone and it works, there's nothing more satisfying.”
“Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.”
“It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on”
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking any risks.”
“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.”
“You have to be willing to accept the risk of failure if you want to succeed on a grand scale”
“The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.”
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
“I'm not here to be safe. I'm here to be fast.”
“Take risks - not reckless ones, but thoughtful risks”
“The only difference between them and you, at this moment, is that when opportunity presented itself, they went into the phone booth and put on the cape. They took the leap. That's basically it.”
“You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.”
“Why have you not broken from the pack? You're playing it safe.”
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
“Starting a business is a lot like jumping out of an airplane and assembling the parachute on the way down.”
“Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.”
“All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.”
“Risk is not something to be avoided; it is something to be managed.”
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks”
“Expect everything, so that nothing comes unexpected.”
“He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.”
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
“Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
“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.”
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.”
“Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.”
“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
“If you dare, then you have already gotten further ahead than 99 percent of others.”
“If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.”
“If you’re not willing to take risks, you don’t deserve the rewards”
“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.”
“You have to be willing to take risks”
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
“Until you can apply the information that you've learned, then and only then will you be rewarded.”
“If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there's nothing lost.”
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”
“A man only has so much knowledge as he puts to work.”
“If things seem under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
“A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”
“A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.”
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks”
“If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.”
“You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.”
“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”
“If you’re not willing to take risks, you’re not going to get very far”
“Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk.”
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest.”
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
“There is a fine line between faith and stupidity.”
“You can't eat straight A's.”
“If I'm a little scared, it must mean I'm doing the right thing.”
“He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.”
“Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.”
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.”
“When in doubt, don't.”
“No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.”
