Quotes about Taking Risks Page 4
“To achieve your goals you may have to take a risk. However, it is better to risk than to do nothing.”Catherine Pulsifer
Goals |
“To make the effort, to chart a new course, to take a risk on a new career building strategy, or to start a brand new business is challenging enough without having to listen to those who have no words of encouragement when times get tough, who offer only the same old way of thinking, who are willing to spend more time whining than doing, or who are jealous of your desires because they are too lazy, too scared, or too willing to keep doing what they’ve always done and get what they’ve always got.” Byron Pulsifer
Effort |
Even though enthusiastic commitment may carry with it the risk of being wrong, still only those who take the chance will ever attain complete creativity. The committed person, win or lose, is the one who finds the real excitement in living. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Enthusiasm Makes the Difference
Commitment |
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” Claude Bissell
Wise Quotes |
“I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.” Oprah Winfrey
Believe |
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” James Bryant Conant
Funny Quotes |
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” Seneca
Dare |
“The first step in the risk management process is to acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning.” Charles Tremper
Waiting for No Risk |
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life |
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” T.S. Elliot
Possibilities |
“In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.” Author Unknown
Giving |
“It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.” Abraham Maslow
Mistake |
In order to be financially successful, organizations must first take care of others – teams, customers, and patients. Character defined by virtue cannot be legislated, although character can be cultivated. A virtue-based culture acts as a silent supervisor to mitigate risk without the unintended consequence of squashing creativity and growth. Peter J. Rea, Exception to the Rule
Character | Growth
If you aren’t willing to explore new strategies or risk, someone else out there likely will. John Wessinger, Ride the Wave
Encouraging |
“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart.” Paulo Coelho
Dream |
“To assure that you will never experience failure:
· don’t take a risk,
· don’t attempt anything new,
· don’t expand on your ideas,
· don’t set goals.
Never to do any of these things actually guarantees you will fail.
Catherine Pulsifer, Failure Is A Golden Opportunity
Failure |
“I hope that my achievements in life shall be these – that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need that I will have left the earth a better place for what I’ve done and who I’ve been.” C. Hoppe
Helping Others |
On this Veteran’s Day we stop and are thankful for all those who have fought in wars so that we have may all enjoy our freedom. The bravery and risk that these men and women took will not be forgotten. Catherine Pulsifer
Veterans Day Quotes |
Fear can be responsible for changing your life – for better or for worse. If fear persists, you run the risk of missing out on some of the greatest experiences life has to offer. Cara Alwill Leyba, Fearless and Fabulous
Fear |
If you are preparing for a career transition or wanting to transform your current one, use low-risk situations to practice building your inner resilience to change. Karen Kelloway, Nail It!
Quotes about Change |
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