Margrethe Vestager Quotes

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

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.

Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time.

I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have.

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself.

I wish people were realer in talking about how leaps of faith don't have to be taken without at least looking down first.

If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...

The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.

I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.

I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.

If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!

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

If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.