Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Quotes about Risk and Taking Chance

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.  ~Pablo Picasso

Progress always involves risks.  You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.  ~Frederick B. Wilcox


Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone.  Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.  ~Tim McMahon


Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.  ~Author Unknown


You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.  ~Wayne Gretzky


What is more mortifying than to feel you've missed the Plum for want of courage to shake the Tree?  ~Logan Pearsall Smith


If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.  ~Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978


Take risks:  if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.  ~Author Unknown


This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.  ~Brooks Atkinson


Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure.  ~Author Unknown


Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.  ~Robert F. Kennedy


One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.  ~Chinese Proverb


Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.  All life is an experiment.  The more experiments you make the better.  What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn?  What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice.  Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
 Seneca quotes (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)