Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

If I am putting myself out there and taking some of these risks, then I want to do it properly.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

My view was that if you're going to make a mistake in your predictions, make sure you make them the right way. Don't put yourself into a situation where, in fact, you say you're going to do something, and then all of a sudden you can't.

At Nintendo, we do not run from risk. We run to it.

My greatest defense was my offense. Very few guys did that.

Bad things happen when you try to let things just happen. You can't be passive.

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.

I am convinced by my style of play, so I take risks without much hesitation.

I will take the lead in turning risks into opportunities.

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

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

If you are not actively seeking and creating opportunities, which always contain an element of risk, you are actually exposing yourself to more serious risks in the long term.

Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles.

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.

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 knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.