Inspirational quotes about taking risks and opportunities from entrepreneurs

“It is not the manager’s job to prevent risks. It is the manager’s job to make it safe to take

“If you don’t get all the way to that goal line, you’ve at least gone further than you would have

“Take the risk, be aggressive, push hard, and set your sights way, way, way farther out than you think you

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” – Seth Godin

“Are you placing enough interesting, freakish, long shot, weirdo bets?” – Tom Peters

“Why not go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” – Jimmy Carter

“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are

“The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.” – William James

“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make

“Leap, and the net will appear.” – John Burroughs

“Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

“Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” – Sir Richard Branson

“There can be no vulnerability without risk. There can be no community without vulnerability. There can be no peace, and

“It’s important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.” – Sara

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?” – Ayn Rand

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

“People don’t take opportunities because the timing is bad, the financial side unsecure. Too many people are overanalyzing. Sometimes you

“It is within everyone’s grasp to be a CEO.” – Martha Stewart

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”- Warren Buffett

“If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going.” – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.” –

“You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why

“The whole reason for risk is to innovate faster, and you do need failure to do it, but you need

“If failing is an accepted part of doing business and the blame game is not embedded in the organization, risk

“You have to [take risks] if you’re going to innovate and revolutionize anything with an organization. In fact, your tolerance

“Make the choices that make you nervous. If you make the choice that’s the easy way out, that wasn’t the

“If ROI is that obvious and certain, the idea probably isn’t that risky (or transformational) in the first place.” –

“In today’s industry, in which change happens at a relentless pace, standing still is not an option. You must take

“At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for ‘yes.’” – Steven Levy

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. ” –

“A lot of times people look at risk and ask, ‘What are the odds that I will succeed?’ A different

“Life doesn’t always present you with the perfect opportunity at the perfect time. Opportunities come when you least expect them,

“When you take risks and they work out, they lead to new capabilities you never saw before.” – Tom Soderstrom

“If you’re not failing every now and then, it means you’re not innovating enough.” – Jeff Bezos

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing rapidly, the only way to stay