Quotes About Venture

Ethics as formation, then, is the venture of speaking about the form of Christ taking form in our world neither abstractly nor casuistically, neither programmatically nor purely reflectively.

In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

Life is but an endless series of experiments.

The ship is safest when it is in port, but that's not what ships were built for.

In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.

the pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian.

Finally, it was the Chilian Government that was directly responsible for the rescue of my comrades. This southern Republic was unwearied in its efforts to make a successful rescue, and the gratitude of our whole party is due to them. I especially mention the sympathetic attitude of Admiral Muñoz Hurtado, head of the Chilian Navy, and Captain Luis Pardo, who commanded the Yelcho on our last and successful venture.

Most firms do two investments a year. They may talk to between 50 and 100 and do a couple, whereas we're talking to thousands and doing several hundred.

True innovation takes at least 10 to 15 years, whereas the longest that private venture capitalists are routinely willing to wait is five years. They don't join the game until all the riskiest plays have already been made - by governments.

I hear so many startups talking about how they can raise VC instead of questioning whether they need it in the first place.

Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Space investing looks a lot like tech investing.

There's absolutely no bubble in technology.

I think it takes a unique temperament for a lawyer who wants to go to a start-up, because generally, by nature, it's a high-risk environment.

Correr riesgos calculados siempre da buenos beneficios.

Nos dedicamos más a adquirir, acaparar y compararnos con los demás que a crear, ayudar y emprender aventuras.

Caring too much about what people think about your visionary venture—the one that is flooding you with energy—is an excellent way to ensure you do nothing that matters

The more risks you take, the more rewards you will receive.

and they pooled their money to set up the new bank.

This venture envisioned a new refiners' cartel, headed by a central board that would negotiate advantageous terms with the railroads and maintain prices by assigning refining quotas to members.

he suffered under the misapprehension that Rockefeller had conspired with Standard Oil colleagues in the Mesabi venture.

at any rate, there's no harm in trying.

This is what they have in place of freedom—time and gossip. Their lives are small and careful. I do not wish to live this way. I should like to make my mark. To venture opinions that may not be polite or even correct but are mine nonetheless.