RISK & 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." -Dale Carnegie
“If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.”
-Arthur Koestler
"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."
-Will Rogers
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
-Muhammad Ali
"A man who never made a mistake never made anything."
-David Gemmell
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
-Pablo Picasso
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
-Erica Jong
"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
- Isaac Newton
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.”
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis'. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger-but recognize the opportunity.”
“I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.”
-Jim Carrey
“It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.”
-Zora Neale Hurston
“If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.”
-Julia Sorel
“If a random bolt of lightning hits you when you’re standing in the middle of the field, that feels like a random event. But if your business is to stand in random fields during lightning storms, then you should anticipate, perhaps a little more robustly, the risks you’re taking."
-Peter Fisher
“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”
“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
-George S. Patton
“If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.”
-Arthur Koestler
“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
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.”
- Author Unknown
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