“I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.”
“Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?”
“Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.”
“If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.”
“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down”
“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.”
“Some people prefer to keep their foot in a bog so they don't risk falling over.”
“If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances.”
“In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.”
“Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.”
“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.”
“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.”
“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.”
“Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.”
“We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.”
“I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”
“Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.”
“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.”
“You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive”
“Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.”
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
“If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.”
“Be bold. If you are going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.”
“To achieve anything in this game, you must be prepared to dabbled on the boundary of disaster.”
“Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.”
“People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.”