Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

It's very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to work from your instinct and feeling and take those risks and be fearless. When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader - the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It's what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general.

Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

If you're too methodical, too fearful, you're not going to win. But the clever thing is to make the calculation correctly about where and when to go over the top. You've got to know when to push it and when to come back.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you

You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

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

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.