Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Meaning: You must take risks to achieve rewards.

Origin: English proverb from the 14th century, related to Chaucer.

Translations

• French: Qui ne risque rien n'a rien (literally: Who risks nothing has nothing)
• Spanish: Quien no arriesga, no gana (literally: Who doesn't risk, doesn't win)
• Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu) (literally: Without entering the tiger's den, you cannot get the tiger's cub)

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