“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.” HumansMeanHelpingStoriesActionChoicesHuman BeingsFateRiskDependsDareItalian Book:Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk Source: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
“Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice.” ChoicesSuccessfulRiskWillingReadyOrganizationSuccessful Organizations Author:Max De Pree
“Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.” MadeRememberChoicesFailingRiskCapablePicksAdversityStoppingPersevere Author:Jason Kilar
“The work-life balance is a harsh reality for so many women, who are forced every day to make impossible choices. Do they take their kids to the doctor...and risk getting fired? Do they work weekends so they can afford to send their kids to better childcare...even though it means even less time with their families? Do they take another shift at work, so they can pay for piano lessons for their kids...even though it means they have to stop volunteering for the PTA? It just shouldn't be this difficult to raise healthy families.” MeanRealityKidsChoicesDifficultPayImpossibleRiskBalanceHealthyLessonsDoctorsRaisesPianoWeekendHarshVolunteerWork Life BalanceLife BalancePiano LessonChildcareHarsh RealityWork And Life BalanceGetting FiredPtaHealthy Family Author:Michelle Obama
“Taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting.” ChoicesRiskExcitingTaking RisksMaking Choices Author:Amy Poehler
“If we have to know without a doubt that the choices we are making are the perfect ones, we risk never making any choices at all.” IfsKnowsChoicesPerfectDoubtRisk Author:Marcus Buckingham
“I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.” BelieveUseChoicesI BelieveRiskEconomicResourcesRewardsConvictionBurdenCustomersProfessionEntrepreneurshipCapitalistScarceRisk-takingEconomic SystemsScarce Resources Author:Gary Hamel
“We really have no choice but to pray and encourage a return to an America steeped in Judeo-Christian values. It is either that or taking our chances in a society with no values at all. For all Americans the former carries certain risks, but the latter spells certain doom. For now, we should not be deflected by theological debate from the life-saving tasks awaiting us. There is work to be done. We must ensure that America will continue to be part of God's plan for the world.” WorldShouldDoneChristianAmericaCertainValuesChoicesChancePlansRiskReturnPrayingTasksScaryDebateSavingFormerLatterCarrieSpellsDoomTheologicalGod's PlanWork To Be DoneLife SavingChristian Values Book:America's Real War Source: America's Real War
“The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. Its a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.” ChoicesRiskEqualModelsFantasticDesignerOwnersSmall BusinessBusiness OwnersSmall Business Owners Author:Matt Mickiewicz
“Before it's too late, we need to make courageous choices that will recreate a strong alliance between man and Earth. We need a decisive 'yes' to care for creation and a strong commitment to reverse those trends that risk making the situation of decay irreversible.” MenNeedsCareEarthChoicesStrongSituationRiskCreationLateCommitmentEnvironmentalToo LateCourageousTrendsDecayReverseStewardshipAlliancesIrreversibleBefore It's Too LateCourageous Choices Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Every job in Hollywood is a risk. You don't know, when you sign a contract, if something is going to pop, you don't know whether this or that network is going to support your show. You just show up and do the best work you can do, gravitate towards the best material, you know, and try to make the right choices. And the rest of it is a roll of the dice.” IfsKnowsTryingShowsJobsChoicesCan DoSupportRiskMaterialsHollywoodPopsContractsDo The BestBest WorkDiceRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“The economic freedom which is the prerequisite of any other freedom cannot be the freedom from economic care which the socialist promise us, and which can be obtained only by relieving the individual at the same time of the necessity and of the power of choice: it must be the freedom of economic activity which, with the right of choice, inevitably also carries the risk and the responsibility of that right” CareChoicesIndividualResponsibilityRiskEconomicPromiseActivityCarrieSocialistPrerequisitesPower Of ChoiceEconomic Freedom Author:Friedrich August von Hayek