Fear Of Failing Quotes

I’ve often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they’d rather do anything that fail. They don’t want to try for fear of failing.

“Failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.

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

If you’re not failing, you’re not trying anything.

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

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

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

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

So many times, people are afraid to start something because of fear of failing. But it can be fabulous – because it leads you to the next thing.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take.

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

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

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

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It’s the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

As you know from school, it’s when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you’ve done your best.