Quotes About Risk-taking

To be willing to do new things you don't think you'll like requires you to prefer the unknown. Not just tolerate it, but to prefer it.

Our society is struggling because during times of change, the very last people you need on your team are well-paid bureaucrats, note takers, literalists, manual readers, TGIF laborers, map followers, and fearful employees.

We run our schools like factories. We line kids up in straight rows, put them in batches (called grades), and work very hard to make sure there are no defective parts. Nobody standing out, falling behind, running ahead, making a ruckus. Playing it safe. Following the rules. Those seem like the best ways to avoid failure.

Los líderes son vulnerables, no controladores, y nos llevan a un lugar nuevo, no a la seguridad barata, rápida y sumisa.

The best way to overcome your fear of creativity, brainstorming, intelligent risk-taking, or navigating a tricky situation might be to sprint.

Si encarga a alguien en su organización que cree una nueva Vaca Púrpura, ¡déjelo tranquilo! No use críticas internas ni pruebas de funcionalidad para comprobar si el nuevo producto es tan bueno como el que ya tiene. En lugar de eso, elija al inconformista adecuado y apártese del camino.

Look at her. She looks so harmless and meek, but inside she's a lion. Tory is an adrenaline junkie the likes of which you've probably never seen…everything from deep-sea diving to base jumping. Hell, she even jumps out of perfectly good airplanes for fun. (Pam)

I make every movie and every scene like it could be my last. That's the only way I know how to make cinema that stands on its feet. I have to treat it like that. It has to be life and death stakes.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

Versace was and still is about the sophisticated woman who is elegant, not afraid of her own sensuality, and not afraid to dare or take risks in life.

I think that you're going to get so much more out of life if you just say yes at every opportunity.

Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before.

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life.

One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.

dive deep into things without worrying about making a splash. From slip, to move or fly away in secret + fast, fortified

I wouldn't want to be treading too close behind you with the Pyms and the Fermanaghs in this Lobster Quadrille. You never know, I might wear me brown boots with me blue suit, and that would never do.

They are I-don't-know-it-alls. They are not afraid to look dumb or make mistakes. Because of that, they go places others won't and try things others don't. That is where the new discoveries are lurking. "So

As for me, I don't think writing is that hard, as long as you're comfortable with failure on every single level.

Ah, bien dicho, señor. Un libertino ocupa el lugar social que otros muchos hombres no se atreven o no pueden ocupar... Les falta, o nos falta, lo que hay que tener.

Seriously? You tried to ride a bucking horse?" "You did the same thing." He nodded. "But you're..." "Female? You noticed." She grinned at him and realized she was flirting about the same time he did.

Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

I'm not in any rat race. This allows me to take up roles that are traditionally considered risky for a heroine to essay.

I was into real estate. I was always an entrepreneur.

I have never been afraid to go a bit out there with what I am wearing on film. I tend to be a bit more conservative in real life, with mountains of black in my closet.