Grit may carry risk because it's about putting all your eggs in one basket, to some extent. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Boredom is my worst enemy. It's killed a lot of my friends, but it won't get me. When I get bored, I… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe. — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
The moment somebody says "this is very risky" is the moment it becomes attractive to me. — Kate Capshaw Copy Share Image
When you turn your team upside down and try to figure out what the culture of the team is, you take the… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that. — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Passion is the engagement of our soul with something beyond us, something that helps us put up with or fight against insurmountable… — Janet Hagberg Copy Share Image
At the audition, your assignment is to find something new in the song. Something you've never noticed before. A breath carried over,… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
The collateralized debt obligation, the CDO, is a structure which allows you to more or less continuously choose how much risk you… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
This was the first time he had seriously confronted what he was doing, and the force of that awareness came very abruptly… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
If someone else of the opposite sex joins either of you in your favorite recreational activities, you are at risk of falling… — Willard F. Harley Copy Share Image
“Many entrepreneurs take plenty of risks—but those are generally the failed entrepreneurs, not the success stories.”47” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent. — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war. — John Hospers Copy Share Image
“If you don’t take more risks with time, your business will become stagnant and can start its downfall.” — Pooja Agnihotri Copy Share Image
Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think? — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
“If I die on my way to the dance, it will be better than to survive having never lifted my feet.” — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
“Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“To love is to risk, and to risk is to lose sometimes, to get hurt. But let it not deter you from… — Jocelyn Soriano Copy Share Image
At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk. To try is to risk failure. but… — Massie Moxley Copy Share Image
When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work,… — Toni Braxton Copy Share Image
The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
I'm totally comfortable with taking some risk, but as long as it's doctrinated in something that makes sense. — Taysom Hill Copy Share Image
Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise. — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the… — Valentino Rossi Copy Share Image
Why waste your energy in an affair, especially if your relationship is worth saving? Why not risk being open before you cheat,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection. — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
Play is kids' work in that it is a form of experiential learning that contributes directly to a person's ability to handle… — Jill Vialet Copy Share Image
Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk. — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
