Quotes About Risk-taking

I don't put any rules to my style; I think fashion is something that you should play with... even if you make a mistake, it's okay, it's only fashion.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try crazy things.

Anybody that has followed closely what I've been doing can see from 'Home,' being as big a hit as it was, it kind of opened the door for me to try new things musically.

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

I am always doing things I can't do. That is how I get to do them.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn't fail?" When I got that, I thought, Of course, I would just go for it! And that's what you've got to do every single day of your thirties and beyond. Just go for it! Your life is now.

falling short to deliver responses is one of the most popular blunders that innovators create.

Desarrollar algún tipo de habilidad fortalece la sensación de eficacia y predispone a asumir riesgos y problemas más difíciles. Y el hecho de superar estas dificultades aumenta a su vez la sensación de autoeficacia

Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before.

You either run with lions or walk with sheep.

I've always admired my little sister because she's able to play with no fear. She's a cutthroat player when it comes to taking risks.

Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.

In the information age, the richest people are entrepreneurs. We may not become a king or queen, but we can all be entrepreneurs.

Our children tremble in their teen-age cribs, whirling off on a thumb or a motorcycle.

I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19.

A man is as young as the risks he takes.

I'm fifty; all I know is that people nineteen years old will do anything, and that the only thing which makes the adult world at all safe from them is the fact that they are so preconceived of success that the simple desire and will are the finished accomplishment, that they pay no attention to mere dull mechanical details.

My father wanted us to try everything and feel free to push the envelope. His attitude taught me to define failure as not trying something I want to do instead of not achieving the right outcome.

Entrepreneurs don't seem to believe that forecasting is worth the bother: One survey found that 60% of Inc. 500 CEOs had not even written business plans before launching their companies. To

the abilities to innovate, to remain flexible and adapt constantly, to set ambitious goals, to think globally, to move quickly, to take risks.

It was clear that only a handful of banks would emerge as winners in our changing, consolidating industry. And the winners likely would be those whose employees could take risks and innovate, who could work smoothly on teams and motivate colleagues, and who could not only cope with change but also spur change. In short, leadership would separate the winners from the losers.