We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.