Quotes About Risk

Daniel understands that the mystique and thrill of building a new company have to outweigh the inertia of the status quo and its easier defaults, and that he is in part responsible for articulating that vision of creating something new.

One can't be too safe, only too sorry.

The only way to live a perfect life is to not take risks, to just sit in a little box and never go after what you want or reach for your goals (because, God forbid, ya could try and ya could fail, and that sho' ain't perfect).

When you step Out of Your Comfort Zone, it is important to stop stepping before you get into the Uncomfy Zone. Out of Your Comfort Zone feels new and exciting, and you're discovering aspects of yourself you never knew existed. The No-Go Zone is where you do things that make you feel worse (not better) about yourself, and where you make choices you might regret. Avoid the No-Go Zone at all costs.

The only way to live a perfect life is to not take risks, to just sit in a little box and never go after what you want or reach for your goals

The fear of barbarians is what risks making us barbarians.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

But where danger lurks, the saving powers also grow.

Climate risk teaches us that the nation is not the centre of the world.

The theory of metamorphosis goes beyond theory of world risk society: it is not about the negative side effects of goods but about the positive side effects of bads.

Girls are like apples...the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree...

Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is.

You must be fully prepared to lose a great deal in order to make a great deal.

Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is calculated. Without challenge people cannot reach their higher selves. Only if we are willing to walk over the edge can we become winners.

Don't touch the red button!

Go around asking a lot of damn fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Life is too short to be sensible.

Never be afraid to try something new remember amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

Pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered.

Sometimes the biggest risk you can take is not taking a risk.