Take Calculated Risks Quotes
You cannot steal second base with your foot still on first. The man who takes smart, measured risks earns rewards the safe never see, without the recklessness that ruins. This Execution path holds history's boldest quotes on calculated risk. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
“If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.”
“You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.”
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
“If you're not willing to take risks, you don't deserve the rewards”
“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”
“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.”
“When you go out of your comfort zone and it works, there's nothing more satisfying.”
“You have to be willing to accept the risk of failure if you want to succeed on a grand scale”
“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”
“Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
“If you're not willing to take risks, you're not going to get very far”
“Take risks - not reckless ones, but thoughtful risks”
“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth.”
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”
“He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”
“Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.”
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks”
“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
“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.”
“A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.”
“If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.”
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”
“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.”
“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”
“If I'm a little scared, it must mean I'm doing the right thing.”
“If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.”
“Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.”
“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.”
“He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.”
“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.”
“It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong.”
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”
“Risk is not something to be avoided; it is something to be managed.”
“There is a fine line between faith and stupidity.”
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
“The wise man learns by the mistakes of others, the fool by his own.”
“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”
“No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.”
“Heads, I win; tails, I don't lose much.”
“Change before you have to.”
“A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. A fool insists on learning from his own.”
“All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.”
“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.”
“Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk.”
“The only constant in life is change.”
“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 dare, then you have already gotten further ahead than 99 percent of others.”
“You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.”
“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.”
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.”
“If things seem under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
“History is a vast early warning system.”
“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
“Selling your winners and holding your losers is like cutting the flowers and watering the weeds.”
“Two is one and one is none.”
“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.”
