Risk Quotes - Page 30

A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

Without risk, there can be no growth.

Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.

Only Texans and Jews understand brisket

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Greatest risk of all: to be vulnerable, to allow others to see us as we really are

How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointment can bring?

The growth stock theory of investing requires patience, but is less stressful than trading, generally has less risk, and reduces brokerage commissions and income taxes.

We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take risks. ... security is not having things; it's handling things.

Take a risk a day - one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you have done it.

The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities, and risks.

I admire anyone who isn't afraid to take risks and try out things that aren't usually looked at as "normal."

Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and descendants, those who went before with those will come after us.

Don't be hard on yourself. And take as many chances, risks, as you can. You've got to be out there adventuring with the voice. Because if you're just a singer for the sake of it, it's not quite enough.

Instead, to be financially free, we need to learn how to make mistakes and manage risk.

For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.

Action learning particularly obliges subjects to become aware of their own value systems, by demanding that the real problems tackled carry some risk of personal failure.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.

When you say ROI, do you mean return on investment or risk of inaction.

No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.