Dan Millman Quotes

It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. Don't take counsel of your fears.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

Life is about choices, and the grace - or lack thereof - with which you execute them is a make-or-break moment in anyone's life.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

I think if you're not scared, you're not doing your job right.

Daring to dream means daring to live.

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the reason people like some artists is because they're saying or doing something that they would like to do or say, but they don't have the balls or the means. People are really afraid to put their ass on the line. Just to put your face on a poster and put your name in big print and say "Come see me," that takes some cojones, you know? Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of.

Now is the time for guts and guile.

I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions.

I encourage you to be a person who is not afraid of responsibility. In meeting resistance you will build your strength. If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.

I'm not scared, because I know that I need to face the trial. What I mean is, I already expect I will need to pay the price.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness in leadership

We learn courageous action by going forward whenever fear urges us back.

Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.

Bravery and adventure! That's the ticket! Don't sit and gather moss. Get up, get out, do what you dream of doing, and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and you don't need to made that particular mistake again, but at least you won't get old wondering what if you had.

I did what I did. I went against the grain. And I understand that I would be criticized. Those were all choices.

As a teenager, my dad taught me about the idea of unintended consequences, and I've had the experience, and how to deal with it, pounded into my soul over the years.

I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

I have always been a risk taker.

What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.

The boring, safe choices never stand out. Take risks!