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Procrastination is the fear of success.
Sep 17, 2025
Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.
Fear of Failure becomes Fear of Success for those who Never Try Anything New.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
I don't mean to sound immodest, but I never had any doubt that I'd be successful, nor any fear of success. I was raised as a little goddess who was told she would be a star.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
Fear of success is one of the new fears I've heard about lately. And I think its definitely a sign that we're running out of fears. A person suffering from fear of success is scraping the bottom of the fear barrel.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
One who fears failure limits his activities.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
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.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
The key to change is to let go of fear.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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.
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.