Risk Taking Quotes

Youth innovation is the second step in which we must cultivate a culture of innovation and risk taking among our youth. This requires us as employers, educators, and mentors to reward risk taking by not punishing individuals for failures. In fact we must celebrate failure as a necessary component of the creative process. - Sam Hamdan

We were more at risk taking Castilla on than they were with Lawrence. - Kevin Towers

This is way beyond mere cost savings. Unless global banks are comfortable with the quality of work, they would not risk taking the work offshore. - Madhavi Mantha

They (sponsors) want to buy while the property is cheap. Both sides have a risk. He's got a risk taking deals not lucrative enough if he does exceptionally well. If he doesn't do well, the brands have probably overpaid. - Jeff Chown

Sometimes risk taking may involve the most simple of acts. Yet we often whip up a bag full of excuses to avoid taking action. For goodness sake, let's step beyond our security bubbles and start reaching out to those who cross our path. - Chelle Thompson

Rural development must be considered a strategic national objective, one supporting a global objective of economic prosperity. The challenges facing rural communities require, from all of us here today, a level of innovative thinking, risk taking and leadership that is no less important or potentially worthwhile than those in earlier times. - Joe Taylor

I think [with technology] we had a two-year run that was fantastic and the Internet is off the front burner. It really is in trouble. You look at the top three market caps -- AOL, Yahoo!, and Amazon, the technical trends are very mediocre to negative. And that's true of most of the others as well in the Internet area. So I wouldn't be so hot on tech especially at this time of the year when risk taking is really not a good idea. This is the worst seasonal period of the year going into late September and October. Now we may have one more little move up to the summer rally highs, but I wouldn't be chasing it. - Robert Robbins

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. - Gary Ryan Blair