Fear Of Failure Quotes - Page 9

• Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/wife/daughter.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Mother, Roots

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.33, Knopf

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• The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist.  The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . .  Fear is what blocks an artist.  The fear of not being good enough.  The fear of not finishing.  The fear of failure and of success.  The fear of beginning at all.

  Julia Cameron

  Art, Block, Finishing

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• As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

  Jason Giambi

  Player, Play, Kind

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• If you can't embrace both failure or the possibility of failure, or the tremendous fear of failure, you can't be wildly successful. It's just an axiomatic truth.

  Donny Deutsch

  Successful, Possibility, Embrace

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• You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

  Johnny Cash

  Mistake, Failure, Use

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

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• At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

  Gordon Parks

  Fighting, Abet, Might

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• I’ve learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face.

  Pete Carroll

  Powerful, Hard Work, Over You

  Pete Carroll, Yogi Roth, Kristoffer A. Garin (2011). “Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion”, p.79, Penguin

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• In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.

  Adam Braun

  Two, Light, Path

  Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.

  Jerry Bruckheimer

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• Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of failure overwhelming. Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.

  Alain de Botton

  Running, Animal, Space

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

  Oliver Hudson

  Advice, Love Advice

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

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• Mutual commitment helps overcome the fear of failure—especially when people are part of a team sharing and achieving goals. It also sets the stage for open dialogue and honest conversation.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Commitment, Goal

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• 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.

  John Wooden

  Effort, Imperfect, Failing

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

  Garry Shandling

  Failure, Emotional, Thinking

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

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Failure

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Aug 09, 2012

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

  Freya Stark

  Mistake, Belief, Static

  Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

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

  Lisa Anderson

  Procrastination, People, Risk

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• I wasn't going to be one of those people who died wondering what if? I would keep putting my dreams to the test - even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

  Alex Haley

  Dream, People, What If

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• 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

  Bruno Bettelheim

  Children, Book, Offering

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• Fear of failure is the reason most often cited to explain why so many aspiring writers never realize their dreams. But I think it’s that same fear of failure that absolutely invigorates those who do push through-that is, the fear of not being heard.

  Betsy Lerner

  Dream, Thinking, Realizing

  Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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• FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

  Frank Herbert

  Fear, Fantasy Novels, Scary

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

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• You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Running, Fear, Cancer

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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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• 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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• 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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