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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“You have to be willing to accept the risk of failure if you want to succeed on a grand scale”
“If you're not willing to take risks, you don't deserve the rewards”
“If things seem under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
“If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.”
“Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.”
“Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
“When you go out of your comfort zone and it works, there's nothing more satisfying.”
“You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.”
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.”
“A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.”
“If I'm a little scared, it must mean I'm doing the right thing.”
“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.”
“If you dare, then you have already gotten further ahead than 99 percent of others.”
“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth.”
“I’d rather chase a dream and fail than settle for average and succeed.”
“Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts.”
“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”
“Do nothing without regard to the consequences.”
“Look for small bets you can make where you lose 1x if you’re wrong but make 100x if it works.”
“Most things are not as risky as they seem.”
“Taking risks is important because it’s impossible to be right all the time - you have to try many things and adapt quickly as you learn more.”
“If you’re going to risk and maybe fail, fail at something that matters. Fail gloriously so that even in failure, lives change.”
“When you keep your day job, all opportunities become surplus propositions rather than deficit remedies.”
“Basic garden math: 1% of seeds turns into 50% of the flowers. Plant lots of seeds.”
“The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again.”
“You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.”
“Taking and managing risk is a critical part of any successful endeavor. In business particularly, you have to have an appetite for it or you stagnate.”
“It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.”
“If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it’s like to win.”
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
“When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it.”
“Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.”
“The insecure way is the secure way.”
“The Law of Probabilities: the more things you try, the more likely one of them will work.”
“Think about the last time you got hurt. You were probably trying to protect something right before it happened.”
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”
“The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
“Taking no risks will be your biggest risk. You have to risk failure to succeed. You have to risk heartbreak to love. You have to risk criticism for the applause. You have to risk the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary. If you live avoiding risk, you’re risking missing out on life.”
“Victory is only wrested by running risks.”
“We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger.”
“Find a way to play the game that ensures you get a lot of shots”
“If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.”
“The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.”
“The cautious seldom err.”
“If you’re prepared and you know what it takes, it’s not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.”
