Top 40 Risk-Taking Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. It’s the high-anxiety zone, but it’s also where you discover who you are.”

— Nick Vujicic

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2. “There’s no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.”

— Nora Roberts

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3. “The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

4. “Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

5. “The real risk is doing nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

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6. “Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide!”

— Swami Vivekananda

7. “Only the person who risks is truly free.”

— William Arthur Ward

8. “The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

9. “The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the comfort-seekers .”

— Brian Tracy

10. “Move fast, take risks, it’s okay to try big things you’re better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than having not done anything at all.”

— Mark Zuckerberg

11. “Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.”

— Richard Branson

12. “Take the risk of thinking for yourself.”

— Christopher Hitchens

13. “In today’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

14. “Without risk, faith is an impossibility.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

15. “Risk being seen in all of your glory.”

— Jim Carrey

16. “The essence of investment management is the management of risks, not the management of returns.”

— Benjamin Graham

17. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

— Brené Brown

18. “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

19. “If you risk nothing, you gain nothing.”

— Bear Grylls

20. “The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live...”

— William Arthur Ward

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21. “Love and life belongs to great risk.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

22. “The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

23. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”

— Warren Buffett

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24. “A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.”

— Christine Caine

25. “Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.”

— Dean Karnazes

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26. “Everyone can tell you the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

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27. “If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.”

— John Piper

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28. “If you don’t want it bad enough to risk losing it – you don’t want it bad enough.”

— Tom Krause

29. “To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

30. “The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.”

— William Arthur Ward

31. “The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.”

— Leo Buscaglia

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32. “Life is dangerous and you’re not gonna live a life without risk.”

— Will Smith

33. “Instead, to be financially free, we need to learn how to make mistakes and manage risk.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

34. “The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can trade and manage risk.”

— Steve Burns

35. “To love is to risk not being loved in return.”

— Leo Buscaglia

36. “If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you’ve got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.”

— Francis Chan

37. “That’s the good part of dying; when you’ve nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.”

— Ray Bradbury

38. “The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.”

— Cheryl Strayed

39. “A ship is always safe at the shore, but that is not what it is built for.”

— Albert Einstein

40. “To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

41. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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42. “Greatest risk is not development of new product, but development of customers and markets.”

— Steve Blank

43. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

— Elon Musk

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44. “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

— Elon Musk

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45. “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

— Sheryl Sandberg

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46. “Screw it. Let's do it.”

— Richard Branson

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47. “It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.”

— Charlie Munger

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48. “No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.”

— Charlie Munger

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