Fear Of Failing Quotes

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

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Shakespeare, Woody Allen And A Certain Qantas A380" by Christine Negroni, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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• In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Failure, Adversity

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Failure

  "Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living". Book edited by John Little, p. 121, 2000.

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• The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

  Sven-Goran Eriksson

  Inspirational, Confidence, Motivation

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• 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.

  Jeff Olson

  Running, Failure, Responsibility

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

  William Arthur Ward

  Failure, Delay, Detours

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• 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.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Failure

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• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• 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.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Fear, Failure

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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

  John Burroughs

  Inspirational, Positive, Running

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

  Lloyd Jones

  Inspirational, Success, Courage

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• 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.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

  John Keats

  Fear, War, Failure

  Letter to James Hessey, 8 October 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 374

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

  George Soros

  Mistake, Failure, Understanding

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

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

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1911). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems”

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

  Edwin Land

  Inspiring, Courage, Failure

  "A Genius and His Magic Camera". Life Magazine, October 27, 1972.

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• Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

  John C. Maxwell

  Teacher, Life And Love, Failure

  Twitter post from Mar 7, 2016

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