The Fear Of Failure Quotes

The Fear Of Failure Quote of the day

When there is fear of failure, there will be failure.

School is indeed a training for later life not because it teaches the 3 Rs (more or less), but because it instills the essential cultural nightmare fear of failure, envy of success, and absurdity.

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.

We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction

Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.

Have pity on those who are fearful of taking up a pen, or a paintbrush, or an instrument, or a tool because they are afraid that someone has already done so better than they could.

Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you - whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.

The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.

Failure is a word I don't accept.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Fear of failure falls away in the face of death.

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

If there had been no fear of failure, neither would there be any joy in success.

When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on.

It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.

Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. There's less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting to involved.

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one.

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them

Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I inoculate myself against the fear of failure.

I have a fear of failure.

One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.

Do not let fear of failure overwhelms joy success

His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.

What you create doesn’t have to be perfect. So what if the eggs are greasy or the toast is burned? Don’t let fear of failure discourage you.

When thinking won't cure fear, action will.

Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.

It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure”.

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

Is your fear of failure greater than your desire to succeed?

The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.

Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life’s challenges is actually our own fear of failure.

Fear of Failure becomes Fear of Success for those who Never Try Anything New.

Sometimes people have to remind you to aim high. Most of us are afraid of aiming high for fear of failure and our biggest failure is that we aim too low.

Failure isn't a problem. It's the fear of failure that's the limiting factor. You can't lose your nerve for the big failure, because it's the exact same nerve you need for the big success.

Don't stay in a bad situation - whether it is a relationship or a job - out of fear of failure. It's not a failure to walk away and choose to be happy. It takes a lot of courage.

Don't let the fear of failure or failure as a whole stop you from becoming an entrepreneur. Failure doesn't define you or your business unless you allow it to.

Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.

We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.