Vint Cerf Quotes

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

I just made the decision that I was going to try comedy, and if didn't work, then I knew it didn't work. Then I would go back and do whatever. But at least I wouldn't torture myself the rest of my life, wondering whatever would have happened.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.