George Herbert Quotes

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

I am sufficiently wary of dangerous situations, but I'm not scared of having a go.

I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Everything that Marvel does, it's a chess move. Nothing is by accident.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire.

The risks of inaction are far greater than the risks of action.

I made a cold calculation that I wasn’t going to waste time on a futile struggle.

It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.

Discretion--humble as it seems, it has often brought about successes in which talent failed and genius did not succeed. Discretion in the great affairs of the world does wonders, and safety depends frequently and is chiefly derived from it....

You want to win the wars you fight. That’s why you have to pick your wars carefully.

The only way to break out is to gamble - take a chance with that first pick if you wanna dramatically improve your team.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

Being prudent does not mean being fearful.

If you're too methodical, too fearful, you're not going to win. But the clever thing is to make the calculation correctly about where and when to go over the top. You've got to know when to push it and when to come back.

Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.

You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

I wanted to do a lot of things in wine, but I didn't know how to do it. So before I invested in anything, before I really put my dollars into it, I put my whole heart, soul, mind into it so that I really understand the severity of each outcome, the severity of success and the severity of failure.