Taking control of your life is just one way to mitigate the losses. Here are some encouraging quotes about being a risk taker that will get you to put more on the line for the greater good.
“99 percent of success is built on failure.”
“A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he has done.”
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.”
“Are you placing enough interesting, freakish, long shot, weirdo bets?””
“Danger can never be overcome without taking risks.”
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
“Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.”
“Give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.”
“I can accept failure. Everybody fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Fear is an illusion.”
“I’ll play it first, and tell you what it is later.”
“If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”
“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”
“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”
“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves.”
“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.”
“Leap and the net will appear.”
“Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.”
“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”
“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.”
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go.”
“Opportunity dances with those on the dance floor.”
“Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.”
“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
“Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.”
“Remember, a dead fish can float down a stream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.”
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”
“The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.”
“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself”
“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
“What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?”
“What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.”
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
“Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called ‘sure-thing-taking.’”
“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”
“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Dealing with risk is not easy for some. Learning to become a bigger risk taker will leave you wanting to seek bigger returns.
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