Peter Drucker Quotes

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

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'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

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

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

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

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

If you want the most reward you have to take the most risk.

It's important to take risks.

I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.