Fear Of Failure Quotes

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

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

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.

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

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

It’s tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There’s the all-consuming fear of failure: I’m about to fall flat on my face. There’s that and there’s also confidence – you have to be confident in order to try things – and they fight each other all the time.

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.

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I inoculate myself against the fear of failure.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Play with no fear of failure.

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

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

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