Myles Munroe Quotes

Let no act be done without purpose.

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

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

Managers tend to pick a strategy that is the least likely to fail, rather then to pick a strategy that is most efficient," Said Palmer. " The pain of looking bad is worse than the gain of making the best move.

For if I do something, I never do it thoughtlessly.

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100)

I know what I want to do and it makes sense to get going.

I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.

Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.

The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then decide.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

What's worse ...? The devil you don't know ... or the devil you do?

We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba.

Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.

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

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.