“We should willingly take risks in supporting new projects. The tendency is to play it safe when funding is low, but we need to remember that the greatest risks have the greatest payoffs.”

Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 171

Source: Blood Test

Living, Loving, and Learning (1982)
Variant: Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Source: Living Loving and Learning
Context: To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Variant: You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken.” His pressed his lips gently to mine. “And the greatest reward.
Source: Reflected in You

Living, Loving, and Learning (1982)

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 67

Original: Sono i momenti in cui corriamo dei rischi che mostrano il coraggio che abbiamo nel dire ciò che pensiamo.
Source: prevale.net