Bob Goff Quotes

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Comfort kills!

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

If you never try anything new, you'll miss many of the world's great disappointments.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

I like new challenges and new experiences.

When the fishbowl gets too small, it's time to pack up and leave and jump into the lake or ocean.

Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust.

The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.

What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself.

I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!

It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go.

Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest.

If you don't go over the top you can't see what's on the other side.

Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an unpredictable journey.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

I really respond to putting myself out of my own depth and finding my feet.

There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.