Quotes Tagged "risk"

Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence which will risk nothing, and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.

Because what’s life Without happiness And where’s happiness Without risk

One suffers a great deal when one has a dream but no courage to follow it than the one who does follow the dream despite the circumstances.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly.

That which is possible is only the seedbed for that which is impossible. And therefore, if we neglect to plant liberally we might live lives full of the possible, but we will never hold the harvest of the impossible.

Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.

The greatest risk to man is not that he aims too high and misses, but that he aims too low and hits.

YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO RISK A LOSS TO WIN IT ALL!! - (G SWISS)

The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next future. When you stay dormant, your life is at risk; when you dare to take a step, you take a step to take a risk. We have a choice. Yes! a choice to choose to dare to get to our real reasons on earth or to choose to live in mediocrity and conformity, but, we ought to note that, it is riskier to risk nothing when the life we live is always at risk.

be smart, but don't outsmart the process and look for shortcuts

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.

There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.

Have nuts and be nuts.

How full the cup of my life might be is based largely on the degree to which I’m willing to risk failure, with the degree to which I’m willing to risk success following at a close second.

And what I didn't understand...was that maybe other brokers only say yes to the easy deals. Maybe that's why I was struggling while other brokers seemed to be moving through deals with little effort.

Those unwilling to take risks seldom win.