Fear Of Failure Quotes - Page 11

• There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Risk, Venture, Management

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• I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

  Heston Blumenthal

  Needs, Succeed, Scared

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Ronda Rousey

  Thinking, Mma, Needs

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• Procrastination is a common reaction to feeling overwhelmed or fear of failure. Instead of taking on too much at once and overwhelming yourself, break things down and take one small action step at a time.

  Lauren Mackler

  Procrastination, Feelings, Down And

  "8 Principles for Having Fun" by Lauren Mackler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

  Troy Polamalu

  Sports, Spiritual, Football

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• Over commitment in business is usually due to a lack of faith, which results in fear - specifically, the fear of failure. But if we really believe God is in control, then we also should believe He's able to make us successful while we are keeping our lives in balance.

  Larry Burkett

  Believe, Commitment, Successful

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• Fear of failure falls away in the face of death.

  Steve Jobs

  Fall, Faces

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

  Paul Tournier

  Joy, No Fear, Ifs

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• The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

  Carmen Ejogo

  Overcoming, Comfort, Stretching

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

  John Wooden

  Effort, Permit

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• Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Hurt, Loss, Ego

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.44, New World Library

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• The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome. We need to set our sights on growing in faith, not shrinking back for fear of failure.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Prayer, Sight, Decision

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Dec 28, 2015

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• Should there be anyone who feels he is too weak to do better because of that greatest of fears, the fear of failure, there is no more comforting assurance to be had than the words of the Lord: 'My Grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them' (Ether 12:27)

  Thomas S. Monson

  Strong, Humble, Men

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• 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.

  Danielle Trussoni

  Jobs, Choose To Be Happy, Situation

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Denis Waitley, Dayna Waitley, Deborah Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for Women: What Every Woman Needs to Know, what Every Man Needs to Understand”, Executive Excellence Pub

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• I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

  Al Neuharth

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

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• Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

  Mark McCormack

  Failure, Desire, Energy

  Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.245, Bantam

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• 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.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fear, Procrastination, Years

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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• Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Suicidal, Men

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• Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.

  Newell Dwight Hillis

  Fear, Failure, Events

  Newell Dwight Hillis (1911). “The Contagion of Character: Studies in Culture and Success”

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• For many businesses, the fear behind their social media reluctance isn't just fear of failure but of blame and accountability - both individual and collective.

  Jay Baer

  Media, Accountability, Marketing

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• It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

  Publilius Syrus

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

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• 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.

  Jules Henry

  Education, School, Envy

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

  Dan Miller

  Procrastination, Excellence, Desire

  Dan Miller (2015). “48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal”, p.86, B&H Publishing Group

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• 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.

  Kyle Maynard

  Odds, Challenges, Battle

  Kyle Maynard (2012). “No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling And in Life”, p.208, Regnery Publishing

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