Chuck Yeager Quotes

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

The best risk to take is to look to score goals and to play a lot.

I will take the lead in turning risks into opportunities.

However much risk we are taking, we can and probably should take more.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

There is no elimination of all risks.

We always take acceptable risks in our society.

We respond to the unknown by trying to retreat from it, or trying to comprehend it, or trying to control it. The first approach is evident in longings for return to a simpler "risk-free" life that never was. The second is reflected in the fantasy of synoptic risk assessment: Measure the requisite probabilities and trade-offs, calculate the social risk-benefit function, and the common good will have been defined. The third approach is in the tradition of professional engineering. It serves us well but, as engineers have been among the first to point out, has met its match and more in the complex social problems it increasingly is called upon to address.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

Risk taking in business is one thing. Risk taking in your personal safety is a different thing.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

There's risk in everything that you do. It's up to you to measure those risks and do what you want to do.

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

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

'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.

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.