It’s true: most of the decisions that lead you to success are exactly the same ones that lead you to failure. Taking risks is one of them, and once we take risks, whether in business or in our personal lives, things can go well or they can go badly. The point is that if we never take the plunge, we’ll never know how it might have turned out.
Even so, the most successful people and the “luckiest” companies tend to be the ones that take the biggest risks. There’s no other way. This is a collection of quotes about the importance of taking risks that can motivate you when the time comes.
The first one is pretty obvious:
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If you don’t play, you can’t win. – Judith McNaught
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The biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk at all… In a world that’s changing so quickly, the only strategy that’s guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg
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A ship in harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. – William G. T. Shedd
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When you take risks, you have to know there will be times when you succeed and times when you don’t, and both are equally important. – Ellen DeGeneres
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I’m always doing what I can’t do, so that I can learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso
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Two roads forked in a wood, and I took the one fewer people had travelled. That has made all the difference. – Robert Frost
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When someone tells you that you can’t do something, they’re showing you their limits, not yours. – Kevin Keenoo
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Only those who risk going too far ever find out how far they can go. – T. S. Eliot
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Life experience is what shapes our character, even if that means getting your heart broken. You know, you need the lows to appreciate the highs. Going on an adventure or taking that risk is important. – Nev Schulman
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Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable than risk being happy. – Robert Anthony
See also: 23 leadership quotes applied to business
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