Biz Stone Quotes

The best stuff happens when you take a chance. When you risk something and do the thing that the other people are taking a chance on, on a network kind of level, they will be rewarded. You know, risk-reward.

People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.

The ones who make it, are the ones who manage risk.

I have always believed that the risk takers are eventually rewarded.

You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.

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

Taking risk is good, and America is a country based on boldness and looking to the future.

I think when you take the big swings - and I've done plenty of big swings that I was told were never going to work - those are always the things that break through.

There are lots of risks, but without risks, there's no reward. I think the reward is bigger than the risk.

Taking risks is the best thing ever, and that's what gets you anywhere.

I believe in following opportunities.

You never know who you will meet along life's journey. You have to be open to risks, but calculated risks, open to winning.

The Universe rewards calculated risk and passion

I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.

An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.