Top 1200 Taking Risks Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Girls are almost always socialized to be perfect: 'Smile, do well in school, don't take too many risks.'

Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.

Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.

Life must be lived with courage, with climbing and risks, else there is no happiness, no hope, no true success, no future.

After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks the insured can take.

...it is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge.

For many years now, ExxonMobil has held the view that the risks of climate change are serious and do warrant action.

Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.

Whenever you make a big effort and take risks, getting good results and points is very rewarding.

What we should really fear is not failure but the heart that is no longer brave enough to take risks and embrace challenges

To take intellectual risks is to think about something that can't be done, that doesn't make any sense, and go for it responsibly.

One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.

The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small.

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

Focus on what you want to do, don't be scared to try stuff. You only live once. You gotta take risks at times

If you have a culture of respect, creativity flows. You create this energy, and then people have more desire to take risks.

In my view, Asian countries have learnt the lessons from the past and significantly enhanced their capabilities to fend off risks.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.

I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long as I was taking a full course load, then he would pay. And the times that I wasn't taking a full course load, then I was off the dole and I was working.

I live my life openly and freely every day anyway, and do what I want to do, but I don't take any great risks.

I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.

I'm a compulsive note-taker, and I used to feel self-conscious about pulling out my little notebook and taking notes during a casual conversation. Then I noticed that people really seemed to enjoy it; the fact that I was taking notes made their remarks seem particularly insightful or valuable. Now I don't hold myself back.

Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?

I used to fall into the trap of thinking that taking care of my husband and kids was more important than taking care of myself. Now I have a new attitude: You know when you're on an airplane and the manual tells you to put on your oxygen mask first and then help the person next to you? I feel the same way about my health.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

I'm not here to tell you to take risks and quit your job and travel the world. No, don't do that if it doesn't make you feel comfortable and excited.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

I'm very passionate about the game, but I don't want to do it as a living. I feel confident in the path that I'm taking now and I didn't feel confident in the path that I was taking with golf - I just realized that I don't want to play professionally.

Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

For years, critics of Fannie Mae have warned that it does not give them enough information to judge its risks.

All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

With all the precautions and risks that accompany sex today, it sounds about as much fun as walking through a minefield.

All the little risks I took were sort of like all the apartments I had moved into: I was finding the right spot.

I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

We have to devise ways to lower the cost of production and reduce the risks involved in agriculture such as pests, pathogens, and weeds.

The American public has a right to know the truth about the risks they face in their daily lives and how we are responding.

Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.

In order for us to compete with China, we've also got to make sure, though, that we're taking - taking care of business here at home. If we don't have the best education system in the world, if we don't continue to put money into research and technology that will allow us to create great businesses here in the United States, that's how we lose the competition.

We lost faith in authority in the '50s, up to a point, and we spawned a lot of anti-heroes in movies, which were refreshing and open. But at this point, with the distrust that's there and the disillusionment with leadership that is so acute, we need some kind of a focus on taking the irony out and taking the anti-hero element away.

Anyone taking heroin is thinking about taking heroin more than they're thinking about anything else. That's the general rule about most drugs.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.

As an outsider to and observer of the restaurant business, one of the things I most admire about it is the risks people are willing to take.

Legendary is in the unique position in that they have the resources to take risks, which I think has really benefitted 'Pacific Rim.'

I don't have any contracts, so I don't have to split any money up. That was my main thing - just making sure I'm taking care of myself and taking care of Lil B. Just learning to survive, for myself and as a human in America.

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized.

I will always wear what I want and have some fun doing it. I'm not afraid to take risks with my appearance. I'm not so vain.

Be flexible be nuanced. It's important to open yourself up to new opportunities and experiences and not be afraid to take risks.

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

People are sophisticated viewers, as evidenced by the risks that are taken in cable television, and I think network has to do the same thing.

You want to encourage yourself to take risks. If you make a mistake trying to do something, you can fix it later.

[Hillart Clinton] holds the illusion that we can make fossil fuel safe, and that they are safe, and she established an office for fracking. We know who she's taking the money from. We know who the Democratic Party is taking the money from.

People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.

Play is basic to all normal and healthy children. It provides pleasure and learning and a minimum of risks and penalties for mistakes.

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.