Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Risk Taking Quotes
CreativityInnovationOriginalityPersistenceRisk Taking The leg drop was a move that nobody really used, and nobody ever hit the ropes and jumped up really high, so I tried it out in Japan and the people loved it. That's how I came up with it.
AmbitionCourageRisk Taking The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Affordable InnovationInnovationRisk TakingSkepticismVisionary 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.
AmbitionCourageRisk Taking Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
CourageDecision MakingGrowthMistakesRisk Taking People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
CourageLoveMarriageRelationshipsRisk Taking I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people (Romeo and Juliet) took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did.
CourageExplorationPerspectiveRisk TakingSelf-awareness I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
ChallengesCreativityInnovationPersistenceRisk Taking Trying to make a movie like 'Warcraft,' and trying to do it in a unique way... you get killed by a death of 1,000 cuts.
Business StrategyFinancial FreedomProduct InnovationResource AllocationRisk Taking And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.
AuthenticityCreativityIndependenceMusicRisk Taking Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
AdventureCourageHumorRisk TakingSelf-awareness My friends have named me the person they least want to do extreme adventures with, because I always seem to be very close to being part of a disaster. If a cat has nine lives, I think I've used a few.
AdventurousnessCuriosityOpen-mindednessRisk Taking I like taking risks. I like trying new things, whether it be style or restaurants or whatever.
Boundary-PushingClimate ChangeFragilityRisk TakingSustainability We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.
CourageRisk Taking Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
AdaptabilityCourageGrowthLearningRisk Taking Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
BalanceCourageDeterminationResilienceRisk Taking Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
AuthenticityCourageInner PeaceRisk TakingSelf-Discovery My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself.
GovernmentPrivate EnterpriseRisk Taking Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.
CourageDecision MakingFearGrowthRisk Taking The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.
InnovationPassionRisk Taking I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.
Career DevelopmentCreativityFilm IndustryPreparationRisk Taking I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood. That's the way I sold it to Warner because they asked me if I was berserk to make a movie right before.
Artistic GrowthCreativityFear Of FailureRisk Taking I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.
AmbitionChallengeCouragePerseveranceRisk Taking Everyone told me the Premier League is the hardest. So I just wanted to try because I had nothing to lose.