Quotes about Risk
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This is a good reading and speaking activity that allows students to share their opinions, but also use summarizing and paraphrasing skills.
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Quotes about Risk
- 1. Lets consider some quotes about risk. Note to teacher: Pair students up and have them discuss the meaning of the quote, then decide if it provides good or bad advice. Thirdly, ask students how they would say the quote in their own words. (Good summarizing and paraphrasing exercise.) Lastly, which quote do they like the best, and why?
- 2. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Andre Gide
- 3. Youve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. - Ray Bradbury (author)
- 5. Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. -General George S. Patton
- 6. If youre not making mistakes, youre not taking risks, and that means youre not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than your competition, so you have more chances to learn and win. - John W. Holt, Jr.
- 7. Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is. - Jimmy Carter
- 8. Where there is no difficulty there is no praise. -Samuel Johnson