My Favorite Quotes On Risk

Risk can be a very uncomfortable word for many people, even borderline scary, but it’s necessary for living an extraordinary life. Although I want to live my best life, it’s hard to take that first step. So to help motivate me to take more risks, I created a collection of my favorite quotes on the subject. I hope these quotes can inspire you to get out of that comfort zone and start living your best life!

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
- John A. Shedd

“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.”
- Maxwell Maltz

“You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.”
- Mel Brooks

“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.”
- Ernest Hemingway

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

”Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
- T. S. Eliot

“There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.”
- Douglas MacArthur

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.“
- Paulo Coelho

“Life is trying things to see if they work.”
- Ray Bradbury

“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.”
- Mark Twain

Michael PerettiMay 24, 2022Quotes, risk, collection

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My Favorite Quotes On Risk

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.”

“You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.”

“Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.”

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”

”Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

“There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.”

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.“

“Life is trying things to see if they work.”

“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.”