Here are 73 inspirational quotes about taking risks to achieve your dreams
1. “A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he has done.” ― Cardinal Newman
2. “Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.” ― David Lloyd George
3. “A ship in harbor is safe, but what is not what ships are built for.” ― John A. Shedd
4. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ― Albert Einstein
5. “Because if you’re prepared and you know what it takes, it’s not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.” ― Mark Cuban
6. “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” ― Ellen DeGeneres
7. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” ― Sonia Sotomayor
8. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” ― Jack Canfield
9. “People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” ― Peter F. Drucker
10. “There’s something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.” ― Drew Barrymore
11. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go.” ― T.S. Eliot
12. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” ― Mark Caine
13. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” ― Peter Drucker
14. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” ― Pablo Picasso
15. “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ― J. K Rowling
16. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ― Muhammad Ali
17. “Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” ― Jimmy Carter
18. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” ― Frederick Douglass
19. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?” – Ayn Rand
20. “Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.” ― Tom Peters
21. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” ― Billy Wilder
22. “You can’t be successful in business without taking risks. It’s really that simple.” ― Adena Friedman
23. “Turn a perceived risk into an asset.” ― Aaron Patzer
24. “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” ― Arianna Huffington
25. “It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.” ― Sara Blakely
26. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” ― Helen Keller
27. “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” ― Helen Keller
28. “You only do good work when you’re taking risks and pushing yourself.” ― Sally Hawkins
29. “You have to risk falling to be able to fly.” ― Debasish Mridha
30. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” ― Elon Musk
31. “Done is better than perfect.” ― Sheryl Sandberg
32. “…maybe sometimes it’s riskier not to take a risk. Sometimes all you’re guaranteeing is that things will stay the same.” ― Danny Wallace
33. “…If there is no risk, there is no reward.” ― Christy Raedeke
34. “If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.” ― Neil Gaiman
35. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ― E. E. Cummings
36. “If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.” ― Mario Andretti
37. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
38. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” — Anais Nin
39. “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.” ― Sara Blakely
40. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
41. “If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.” ― Jeff Bezos
42. “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” ― Swami Vivekananda
43. “Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary.” ― Iveta Cherneva
44. “Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” ― Ella Fitzgerald
45. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” ― Drew Houston
46. “I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” ― Condoleezza Rice
47. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ― Jim Rohn
48. “The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain.” ― Charles F. Glassman
49. “The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.” ― Goethe
50. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ― T. S. Eliot
51. “Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” ― Miles Davis
52. “Leap and the net will appear.” ― Zen Saying
53. “The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ― William Jennings Bryan
54. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” ― Andrew Carnegie
55. “Taking risks gives me energy.” ― Jay Chiat
56. “It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.” ― William James
57. “If fear was a man he would never take risks.” ― Fritz Chery
58. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” ― Goethe
59. “When my company started really growing, I didn’t have any help in my house at all. I had the upkeep of my daily life, I had a one year old and a three year old, and I had my house. So I had to prioritize.” ― Julie Aigner Clark
60. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett
61. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” ― John D. Rockefeller
62. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” ― Henry Ford
63. “The reward is in the risk.” ― Rachel Cohn
64. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller
65. “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life in a great cause.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
66. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A. Edison
67. “It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” ― Seneca
68. “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” — Frederick Wilcox
69. “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting. — Karl Wallenda
70. “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
71. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill
72. “What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.” ― Peter Drucker
73. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” — Mary Tyler Moore
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