Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn't find the guts to do.

Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.

If I had been out in the industry instead of being a college kid who had an idea for another T-shirt, I would have been too scared to do anything.

It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what risk means: that risk actually does bring failure and mistakes.

There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you'll probably regret it forever.

I didn't really because I know myself well enough to know that if I actually sit down and think about sort of I can spook myself out like anyone, you know? It's sort of like you've got to sort of jump out of the airplane when you're skydiving. If you spend 20 minutes sitting on the lip you probably won't do it.

One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

There comes a point when you need to get over the fear and get on with your life, and a lot of people don’t seem to be capable of that anymore. From blood tests to gated communities, we have embraced the cult of fear, and now we don’t seem to know how to put it back where it belongs.

There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

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

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.