Roger Martin Quotes

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.

Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

If you operate any kind of major diplomacy, you must run some risk.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps.

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

The whole business is the crudest sort of stratagem, since we have no way of foreseeing it to the end. It is a mere paying out of rope on the chance that somewhere along the length of it will be a noose.

Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win.

Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable.

There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.

You have to take calculated risks in life.

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Entrepreneurialism, to me, means being able to fail. And I believe that kind of leadership is not necessary only in business, but it's necessary for running countries, too. You've got to be able to believe in something strongly enough that you want to do it even if there's a risk of failure.

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.

I'm not a betting man.

I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have.

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.