“If you never take a risk, you will never
know what changes you need to make.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Chicago Mercantile Exchange advertisement http://www.cme.com/files/CME_Citadel_ad.pdf.
“If you never take a risk, you will never
know what changes you need to make.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
“No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Variant: What you risk reveals what you value. (p.91)
Source: Written on the Body
“The fear of barbarians is what risks making us barbarians.”
Tzvetan Todorov (1939–2017) Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist
Michael Moorcock book The City in the Autumn Stars
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 7 (p. 283)
“It is what you do not know that is your greatest risk.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Source: No Exit and Three Other Plays
Sukanto Tanoto (1949) Indonesian businessman
Keynote speech, Wharton Global Modular Course, May 25, 2015. http://www.inside-rge.com/Sukanto-Tanoto-Entrepreneur-Journey-2 <br class="br">2015
“Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.”
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine
Academy of Achievement interview (1991)