Quotes on Risks And Taking Chances

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

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

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

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

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

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

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