Quotes About Risk-taking

Did you ever stop to consider the person who first discovered milk? It took a lot of nerve to be the first man to pull on a cow's nipple and drink whatever came out.

It's true that I was forty-four when we opened our first Wal-Mart in 1962, but the store was totally an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since Newport—another case of me being unable to leave well enough alone, another experiment. And like most other overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.

A lack of fear of embarrassment is what allows one to be proactive. It's what makes a person take on challenges that others write off as too risky. It's what makes you take the first step before you know what the second step is. I'm not a fan of physical risks, but if you can't handle the risk of embarrassment, rejection, and failure, you need to learn how, and studies suggest that is indeed a learnable skill.1 As

One of the best ways to create team safety is to create an environment in which team members feel safe to take risks.

This," said Angel to Louis, "is the best fucking idea anyone ever had since, like, Columbus bought a boat." The two men, along with Parker, were sitting

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

With people who are young and aren't scared you can do lots.

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life... be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.

If you spend your whole life being careful not to break anything, you'll get terribly bored, you know...I can't think of anything more fun than being impulsive!

Well, I don't even know how to drive in this life, so I'm pretty far from ever having the life of being a stuntdouble. I liked- I had an Evil Knievel doll when i was a kid, that's about it!

I think a lot of people settle with comfort. I've kinda pushed my whole life not to do that. There's nothing wrong with settling, it's definitely an easier life than the one I've chosen to live.

Imagine living your life without being afraid to take a risk and to explore life.

I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.

You live your comedic life close to the edge, you're gonna cross the line and offend people.

William Holden had his own approach. "Take any picture you can. One out of four will be good, one out of ten will be very good and one out of fifteen will get you an Oscar.

While most people are playing it safe and doing everything they can to avoid pain, successful people know that they must face their fears and do what needs to be done regardless of how they feel. They don't necessarily like the hard work, but they're willing to do it because they like the results.

Of course, it is also good to have quite a few in a group who are not so alert to all the dangers and consequences of every action. They will rush out without a whole lot of thought to explore every new thing or fight for the group or territory. Every society needs both. And maybe there is a need for more of the less sensitive because more of them tend to get killed! This is all speculation, of course.

Praise yourself for taking risks and learning something new rather than for your successes; it will help you cope with failure. Try not to constantly compare yourself to others; it invites excessive competition. Allow time to think. Keep your expectations realistic. Be your own advocate. Support your right to be yourself.

I say to the young: Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

I continually took jobs I really wasn't really qualified for.

I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing; I don't know if it's any good. I don't know if it's anything. It's a big question mark. The idea is to have interesting results. That's my bottom line.

The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?

I have a history, even going back to my time in college doing plays, of always hurting myself at some point in whatever I'm in. Like, always! And it's usually my own doing and me being rambunctious and going, 'Oh, I can do that better,' or 'Oh, I can do that quicker,' and it results in injury.