Tom Brokaw Quotes

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.

When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.

To be successful, one must take chances.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.

I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

I'm not one to turn down opportunities.

You only miss many chances when you create many chances.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.

I've got to take chances and get out there. What are you going to do, sit home and knit? I don't knit.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

Adventures are to the adventurous.

I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

If you want to do something, go for it -you've got nothing to lose.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.