Dare to take chances, lest you leave your talent buried in the ground.
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Other Phil Knight quotes:
Life is growth, business is growth. You grow or you die.
History is one long processional of crazy ideas.
Oneness - in some way, shape, or form, it's what every person I've ever met has been seeking.
The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.
I wanted what everyone wants. To be me, full-time.
It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.
Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency.
Somehow, in meeting after meeting, I held my tongue. Everything my banker said, I ultimately accepted. Then I'd do exactly as I pleased.
Fear of failure, I thought, will never be our downfall as a company. Not that any of us thought we wouldn't fail; in fact we had every expectation that we would. But when we did fail, we had faith that we'd do it fast, learn from it, and be better for it.
Business is no more about making money than the human body is about making blood. Yes you need to make the stuff, but only to serve your higher aims.
