People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.