Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Inspirational fear of failure quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
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Famous Fear Of Failure Quotes
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. George Burns
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy
I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. Tony Robbins
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely. Henry Ford
You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail. Confucious
Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel
There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. Oprah
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George Edward Woodberry
I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustrations were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. Tony Robbins
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. Johnny Cash
When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. Eloise Ristad
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Ralph Waldo Emerson
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. C.S. Lewis
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. Nikki Giovanni
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling
No man ever achieved worth while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure. Napoleon Hill
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Maya Angelou
Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
There is no failure except in no longer trying. Elbert Hubbard
Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Marilyn Monroe
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. James A. Froude
We are all failures at least the best of us are. J.M. Barrie
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. Ambrose Bierce
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? John Green
Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. Lily Tomlin
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. Ken Robinson
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan
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
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall Confucius
My grandmother once told me, ‘Don’t let failure go to your heart and don`t let success go to your head. Will Smith
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. Virgil Thomson
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley
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
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Richard Branson
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it. Mia Hamm
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. Woody Allen
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide
A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul. Jillian Michaels
The only failure is not to try George Clooney
I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. Yohji Yamamoto
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. Japanese Proverb
Failure is a detour, not a dead end street.
If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Men don’t get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared. I’m scared.
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba
Remember this: the number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. Fear paralyzes you from taking action.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie
Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You’re so sure you’ll do everything wrong you’re afraid to do anything at all. Often this, rather than ‘laziness,’ is the real reason you find it hard to get started.
Alfred Pennyworth: Took quite a fall, didn’t we, Master Bruce? Thomas Wayne: And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Batman Begins
Is the question being asked: Whose fault is it? If so, your culture is one that vilifies failure. Failure is difficult enough without being compounded by the search for a scapegoat.
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.
Smirre Fox thought he could catch her without much effort, but he was afraid of failure now, and concluded to let her fly past unmolested.
We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do. Samuel Smiles
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Jack Canfield
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. Ken Robinson
Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes
If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail it takes back bone to lead the life you want Richard Yates
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
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Denis Waitley
He knows the water best who has waded through it. Danish Proverb