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Risk Taking Quotes

"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal."

― Paulo Coelho

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."

― Paulo Coelho

"When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked."

"Entrepreneurship is like eating glass and walking on hot coals at the same time."

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do."

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."

― Oprah Winfrey

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."

― John F. Kennedy

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."

― Vincent Van Gogh

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."

― Vincent Van Gogh

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

― Vincent Van Gogh

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

― Vincent Van Gogh

"I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face."

― Johnny Depp

"Life is lived on the edge."

"If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away."

"All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, guts... not analysis."

"Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales, and we do it anyway."

"Failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it's going to work, it's not an experiment."

"You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate."

"If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table."

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