Quotes About Risk

Life teaches that the measure of the value of any human desire is in direct proportion to the risk involved in its pursuit. The higher the value, the higher the risk. We give the ultimate values to those things that demand the ultimate risks—our freedom, our lives, our souls.

Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world.

It was the best opportunity to invest. The economy was terrible. I just could not pass up these small deals.

have observed that most would rather remain within the comfort of their realities

Cut your losses early.

If the price of a stock drops more than 10 percent, I will, more often than not, cut my losses and look for something new.

So why should investing be any different?

If you take on risk and debt, make sure you get paid for it.

Everything we think we know about entrepreneurs is WRONG!

If you take on debt personally, make sure it's small. If you take on large debt, make sure someone else is paying for it.

I offered the sellers what they were asking for, which was $35,000 down and they would carry the $300,000 at 8 percent interest for five years. It was such a great deal that I could not pass it up.

Winning means being unafraid to lose.

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the American public struggles financially is because they play not to lose. They don't play to win.

If you hate risk and worry, start early.

Put a lot of your eggs in a few baskets and focus. Follow One Course Until Successful.

Fear of failure keeps too many people out of the game. Instead, use failure as inspiration to succeed

Financial freedom might be free, but it doesn't come cheap. Freedom has a price, and to me it's worth that price. The big secret is this: It takes neither money to be financially free, nor a good formal education. It also doesn't have to be risky. Instead, freedom's price is measured in dreams, desire, and the ability to overcome disappointments that occur along the way. Are you willing to pay the price?

little fear can be a healthy thing, but we shouldn't live in fear of making mistakes. Mistakes are good things, if we find the lesson in every failure.

We had looked at hundreds of other properties before buying this particular 12-unit property, and we also had the cash flow from our business to support any unexpected losses from the investment.

It can be done legally, but it is not usually done by the average investor.

So his solution to the phobia of losing money was this little rhyme: "If you hate risk and worry, start early." If you start young, it's easier to be rich.

Los perdedores siempre evitan perder, pero el fracaso es lo que produce ganadores.

We were now looking for larger projects that were far beyond our comfort zone.