Larry Charles Quotes

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.

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.

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

I take risks.

However much risk we are taking, we can and probably should take more.

I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

It's important to take risks.

I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.

You have to take risks.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice.

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.