Damon Runyon Quotes

If you don't have those moments where you go too far, then you're probably not going far enough.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

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.

You don't achieve anything by playing it safe.

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you're safe, you'll never soar!

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

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

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

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

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.

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

If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.

You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

I've chosen opportunities where I might fail rather than live in the shadow of my own potential.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.

I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.

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

I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.

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.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.