The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
Why are so many very smart people not also rich? I guess they are too busy calculating risks rather than getting into action.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.
I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.
Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.
We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy a smooth superhighway o...
Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy.
I'll always push the envelope. To me the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don't play it safe.
An individual dies ... when instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being he cowers within and takes refuge there.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
We owe something to extravagance for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
He gets a good hold on the paintbrush then confidently has the ladder removed.
Between two evils I always picked the one I never tried before.
I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.
The faster you go the more chance there is of stubbing your toe but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.