Taking Chances Quotes and Risk Taking Quotes

We've selected the very best taking chances quotes and risk-taking sayings from a huge number of sources. Here are the greatest quotes on taking chances, from some of the most inspirational people who have ever lived, including Robert F. Kennedy, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, and Confucius.

Risk-Taking Quote from the Cadet Maxim:

"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. "

~ Cadet Maxim

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Taking Chances Quote:

"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do."

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Eleanor Roosevelt Daring Quote:

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Henry David Thoreau Going For It Quote:

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success. "

~ Henry David Thoreau

Billy Wilder Quote on Trusting Your Own Instincts:

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

~ Billy Wilder

Robert Frost Quote on Following Your Own Path:

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

~ Robert Frost

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Mark Twain Taking Chances Quote:

"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

Frederick B. Wilcox Risk-Taking Quote:

"Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. "

~ Frederick B. Wilcox

Leonard da Vinci Taking Chances Quote:

"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. "

~ Leonard da Vinci

Robert F. Kennedy Daring Quote:

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. "

~ Robert F. Kennedy

William Jennings Bryan Going For It Quote:

"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

Zen Saying Taking Chances Phrase:

"Leap and the net will appear."

~ Zen Saying

Henry Miller Risk-Taking Quote:

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."

~ Henry Miller

Confucius Saying on Going For It:

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

~ Confucius

Frank Scully Taking Chances Quote:

"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"