Risk Taking Quotes

"I'm attracted to playing things that I find difficult or scary or challenging in some way" "If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure." "It's important to be willing to make mistakes The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable" "Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations, can never effect a reform." "Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself" "You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute" "There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering." "I always want to feel like this, to be at stake. I guess that's what makes the work interesting to me—the feeling that I'm at stake, as opposed to whatever level of comfort may come from some security that usually goes with success" "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." "In crises the most daring course is often safest" "Risk more than others think safe. Dream more than others think practical. Care more than others think wise. Expect more than others think possible" "No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess." "You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love" "In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks" "I'll dabble in anything if the deal looks right." "The universe rewards calculated risk and passion." "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative" "Often, in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead but the bold" "You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down" "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."