Robert Redford Quotes

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

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.

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.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

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

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.

People need to take a little bit more risk.

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

I take risks.

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.

If you risk nothing you gain nothing

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.

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.

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

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

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.

You have to take risks.