Risk

(385 votes)   And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Erica Jong
1942-, American Author

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(352 votes)   The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Erica Jong
1942-, American Author

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(330 votes)   It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Aesop
620-560 BC, Greek Fabulist

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(300 votes)   If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Woody Allen
1935-, American Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian

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(299 votes)   An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.

Roy Ash
American Businessman, CEO of AM International

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(275 votes)   Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

Mary Kay Ash
American Businesswoman, Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

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(259 votes)   Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.

Persian Proverbs
Sayings of Persian Origin

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(249 votes)   Never tell me the odds.

Star Wars - Han Solo Movie

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(243 votes)   Take calculated risks. This is quite different from being rash.

George S. Patton
1885-1945, American Army General during World War II

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(241 votes)   It is true that when we take chances, we stand to lose. But it is also true that we will never win anything if we never even enter the game. Lucky people are aware of the possibility of losing, and indeed they may lose often. But since the chances they take are small, the losses tend to be small. By being willing to accept small losses, they put themselves in position to make large gains.

Max Gunther
American Author

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(227 votes)   Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Thomas J. Watson
18?-1956, American Businessman, Founder of IBM

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(221 votes)   Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

William M. Thackeray
1811-1863, Indian-born British Novelist

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(216 votes)   Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

T. S. Eliot
1888-1965, American-born British Poet, Critic

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(216 votes)   We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

Jim Rohn
American Businessman, Author, Speaker, Philosopher

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(212 votes)   A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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