Chetan Bhagat Quotes

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

If you want to do things – to change things – you must run the risk of not succeeding.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare in the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

I'm never scared, they never real, I never run. When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

If you're not willing to risk, there are no rewards.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Every journey starts with fear.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.