Risk-taking Quotes - Page 3

• And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.

  Mitt Romney

  Meaningful, Heart, America

  Mitt Romney at GOP primary debate at Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

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• A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

  John Henry Newman

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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  The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Inspirational, Morning, Business

  "Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg -- Insights For Entrepreneurs" by Steve Tobak, www.cbsnews.com. October 31, 2011.

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  You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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  In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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• Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

  e. e. cummings

  Life, Confidence, Believe

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• When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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• Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Mother, Fear

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.320, Courier Corporation

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• What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker. And remembering that, the leader must reach down to the springs that never dry up, the ever-fresh springs of the human spirit.

  John W. Gardner

  Dream, Spring, Civilization

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• Don't be afraid to tread new ground, but do a sanity test.

  Sabeer Bhatia

  Tests, Sanity

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• You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

  John Barrymore

  Fear, Failure, Risk

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• Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

  Walter Anderson

  Change, Happiness, Success

  Walter Anderson (1988). “The Greatest Risk of All”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

  Geena Davis

  Wisdom, Risk, Ifs

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• Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care when applying goals in your organization.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Motivation, Organization, Goal

  Daniel H. Pink (2010). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.51, Canongate Books

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• A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

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• If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

  Jim Carrey

  Dream, Giving Up, Starving

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• Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.

  Robert Frost

  Courage, Littles, Venture

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• 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

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Journal, 10 Oct. 1922

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• To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Success, Courage

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• Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Errors, Risk, Atmosphere

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

  Maimonides

  Self Esteem, Decisions You Make, Risk

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• I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.

  Marissa Mayer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.

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• You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

  Will Rogers

  Leadership, Summer, Risk

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• If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Mar 16, 2016

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• Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.

  John Podhoretz

  Jobs, People, Risk

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