Carl von Clausewitz Quotes

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

I always believe that when you're not courageous, you become cunning.

I intend to stay dangerous.

Sometimes in football you have to take risks.

Sometimes you have to shield, and sometimes you have to press.

I'm comfortable playing aggressively.

I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.

Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.

No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you

It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps.

Curiosity is the other side of caution.

If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good.

Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

So my message is in whichever realm, be it going into space or going into the deep sea, you have to balance the yin and yang of caution and boldness, risk aversion and risk taking, fear and fearlessness. No great accomplishment takes place, whether it be a movie or a deep ocean expedition, or a space mission, without a kind of dynamic equipoise between the two. Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option.

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.

Be bold before you get stuck not being bold.

To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.

Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.

I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Free men stick their necks out.