Elizabeth Pena Quotes

The thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail.

I've always been happy to take a gamble on myself.

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

If you're afraid to live your life in a glass bubble, how can you do what we do in this industry?

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.

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

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.

When you put yourself out there, you're putting yourself in the position to make a mistake.

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

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.

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.

At this point, I feel like I can allow myself to be goofy and take more risks, and even if I do fall on my face, I know it's not the end of the world and at least I tried to do something different.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

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.

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'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

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

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

I knew I could make people laugh but I was frightened of doing it. I thought, 'What if I'm crap, what if I'm no good at it?', but I knew I should have a go and shouldn't sit inside watching other people do it on television.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

You can't be afraid to embarrass yourself sometimes.

And as a woman, you need to take risks. Don't stay too long in your own swim lane.