B. C. Forbes Quotes

...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation's destiny, by men willing to adventure, to shoulder risks terrifying to the timid.

I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.

I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself.

I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

I like when people take chances.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

There's nothing I won't attempt.

Fate loves the fearless.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.

I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.

I have always said 'yes' to opportunities and experiences.

I love taking chances.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

Taking risks gives me energy.

I'm always confident when I sign up for a project that it's going to be good. That's why I sign up for it.

I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

I'm an optimist. You can't be an entrepreneur if you're not essentially an optimist, so I'm an optimist by nature.

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.