“If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. “I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.” – Condoleezza Rice “We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes-understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington, Founder of Huffington Post “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” -Elon Musk, Founder of Paypal, Tesla Motors “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” -Warren Buffett Whatever risk you need to take today, let them inspire you. In honor of risk takers, innovators, and leaders that start and grow small business, here are the 50 best inspirational quotes to spark your risk taking. Remember, many of the businesses we’ve admired like Apple, Hewlett Packard, and Whole Foods began as small businesses that grew into global companies. They began as ideas, grew, recovered from setbacks and failures by continuing to take risks. This week in the US we are celebrating entrepreneurs and small businesses with Small Business Week. I know the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. I understand the complexities of managing fast growing teams. I know what it’s like to lose sleep over how to make payroll.

I’ve founded, co-founded, and invested in and advised dozens of businesses. You won’t make the positive impact you want in your community and world without taking risks. You’ll never know what you are capable of if you give in to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. You will not fulfill your purpose in life without stepping outside your comfort zone.

In fact, nearly all the problem solving and innovation in your life requires risk. Look fear, uncertainty, and doubt head onĪll of these actions require risk.Look at the truth about why an initiative failed.Risk comes in many ways – from taking that first step toward a dream, to having a difficult conversation with a colleague. And no one can be truly happy or achieve their highest goals without taking risks from time to time.

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