Quotes About Risk

“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
George S. Patton
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.”
Author Unknown
“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”
Katherine Mansfield
“To eat an egg, you must break the shell.”
Proverb
“It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don’t. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.”
Philip Adams
“What you risk reveals what you value.”
Jeanette Winterson
“If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.”
Julia Sorel
“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Wayne Gretzky
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert F. Kennedy
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”
James Bryant Conant
“You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.”
James Thurber
“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
Unknown
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
William Shedd