Fear Of Failing Quotes

In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take.

Rather than risk starting their own businesses, most people seek safer environments, preferring job security to freedom and a steady paycheck to greater wealth. Their fear of failing is greater than the joy of freedom.

At 13, I was fearless. I looked at everything so positive. When you're older and been through it all, you know how bad it can get. There is a fear of failing.

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

Don't let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

If you're not failing, you're not trying anything.

If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

So many times, people are afraid to start something because of fear of failing. But it can be fabulous - because it leads you to the next thing.

Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

The only people I have ever seen paint successfully, consistently, with great authority, unselfconsciously and without fear of failing were about four years old.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

You’ve got to fight for that connection with God all the time no matter what you're going through in life. I'm growing up. I'm maturing. But I definitely think that the backbone of this is the freedom and creativity I have without the fear of failing. If I fail, what's going to happen? Nothing. I'm not looking for my self-worth in the sport.

We are all afraid. That's the thing that unites all truly successful people: fear, fear of failing, fear of criticism, fear of letting down the team in some way. That why they try so hard, that's why they pay attention to detail and try to get every possible duck in a row. It's fear

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.