Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

Daniel Kahneman

I was a fugitive, taking risks with my life. I chose that. I chose to be a volunteer to go to Guatemala when they were having their earthquake, to help people with a team of doctors.

Abbie Hoffman

You can't be successful in business without taking risks. It's really that simple.

Adena Friedman

Innovation means taking risks, and that is where the private sector can play a role.

Ajay Piramal

I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.

Alain Robert

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

Andy Dunn

I don't think there's any story worth dying for, but I do think there are stories worth taking risks for.

Anthony Shadid

I have taken lot of risks in life, and I believe that life is about taking risks.

Ayushmann Khurrana

The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Taking risks is the best thing ever, and that's what gets you anywhere.

Benee

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft.

Brian Cox

Without competition, Silicon Valley will stop taking risks and will stop innovating.

Brianna Wu

We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.

Caroline Polachek

What I really like doing is taking risks, musically.

Casey Abrams

I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.

Catherine Jinks

The goal is never be a copycat of ourselves. It's more along the lines of taking risks in our music.

Chad Gilbert

Creative life should be more than preaching to the converted, more than going for a core audience of 100,000 people. It should be taking risks, challenging the readership and having enough faith in one's own talent and craft to take readers on that ride.

Chris Claremont

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

Chris Hadfield

If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.

Chris Meledandri

I do believe women have different ways of taking risks, of ruminating a bit more before they jump to conclusions. And I think that as a result, particularly on the, on, you know, on the trading floor, in the financial markets in general, the approach would be different.

Christine Lagarde

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability.

Claron McFadden