John H. Johnson Quotes

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.

Give yourself permission to shoot for something that seems totally beyond your grasp. You may be surprised at your capabilities

If you're not willing to go too far, you'll never go far enough in life.

Fearlessness is extending ourselves beyond our limited view.

Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.

We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.

Life can be dangerous; just let it be! When we shake off what we perceive as boundaries, that is where the bliss really is.

My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.

People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.

Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

In the years ahead of me, I learned that the world is actually filled with people ready to tell you how likely something is, and what it means to be realistic. But what I have also learned is that no one, no one truly knows what is possible until they go and do it.

The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.

I don't think about taking a risk. I think about how far can I go. How can I make myself. What are the risks I must create.

The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.

Achieving your vision doesn't mean you've reached the end of the line. It simply means that you've come to a new starting place.

I like to be challenged acting wise and I like to do things that I'm scared of.

If people aren't laughing at your dreams, your dreams aren't big enough !

The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

Impetuosity and audacity often achieve what ordinary means fail to achieve.

One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.