Quotes About Risk-taking

There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.

Palchinsky principles': first, seek out new ideas and try new things; second, when trying something new, do it on a scale where failure is survivable; third, seek out feedback and learn from your mistakes as you go along. The

Most people do not have the guts to direct their own movie - let alone star in it.

In order to be a tech leader, visionary and strategist you can't fear being wrong - it is going to happen sooner or later!

Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.

So, the truth: Right now, today, in 2016 is the best time to start up. There has never been a better day in the whole history of the world to invent something. There has never been a better time with more opportunities, more openings, lower barriers, higher benefit/risk ratios, better returns, greater upside than now.

For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless.

Theory must also take into account the human element; it must accord a place to courage, to boldness, even to rashness.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost. —FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Por qué perder el tiempo demostrando una y otra vez lo bueno que eres, cuando podrías invertir esa energía en ser aún mejor? ¿Por qué ocultar las deficiencias, en lugar de superarlas? ¿Por qué rodearte solo de amigos o compañeros que alimenten tu autoestima en lugar de abrirte a otros que te reten a crecer? ¿Y por qué ir por el camino trillado en lugar de arriesgarte a vivir experiencias enriquecedoras?

When you get the urge to do a cartwheel in the supermarket, say something inappropriate in a meeting or run a red light, this is the part of the brain that jumps in and reminds you not to be so stupid. It's a useful feature in all kinds of situations and saves us a lot of time and potential embarrassment, but the downside is that it does the same job for ideas, shutting down thoughts that are a bit out there but which might just work.

Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.

The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to think so boldly that almost everyone considers you a screwball.

Audacity, more audacity, always audacity.

Audacity, more audacity and always audacity.

I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.

This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

Dream, dream, and dream some more. Don't be afraid to chase those dreams to the end of the world. Don't worry about the people warning you against this and that. They live in tiny minds and live out tiny lives.

I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.

I'm a typical dirt racer that wants to go try different lines. When the line goes to the top of the racetrack, I feel like I'm a little bit better.

In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?