Donna Shalala Quotes

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

'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'

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

In business, you try to minimise risk.

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

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

I take risks.

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

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

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

As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end, you have to take calculated risks; otherwise you're going to sit in mothballs all day and do nothing.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

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

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

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

It's important to take risks.

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

I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Most innovators are successful to the extent to which they define risks and confine them.

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.