Barbara Sher Quotes

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once.

We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

No matter the risks we take, we always consider the end to be too soon, even though in life, more than anything else, quality should be more important than quantity.

I know that the greatest of actresses has about 20 good years of acting in her and that she will go on living for 30 or 40 years as a human being. So, the conclusion I have come to is that I can't make acting my whole life.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.

You only have so much time in the day, and you only have so many working years. Where do you want to invest that life?

That's one of the biggest things. Never being home, always traveling, having different interests and focusing on different things, just the time aspect of going back home and seeing them, you don't have that at all. It was a big sacrifice but, at the end of the day, it was worth it.

I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living.

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

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

I know many members of our community steer clear of Wall Street because of the perception that the stock market is risky, but I am convinced the biggest risk of all is not taking one.

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

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

Risk deters those who see what they could lose. Those focused on the gain see it as a necessary part of their journey, even if the possibility of loss exists.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.