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Quotes About Failure

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.
~ Lisa Anderson
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
DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter
~ Tony Dungy
Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.
~ Alex Rodriguez
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
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
You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
~ Queen Latifah
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
~ Jay-Z
The 'Amazing' can only be created by facing fear, risk and failure during the process.
~ Joel Brown
Successful people don't fear failure, but understand that it's necessary to learn and grow from.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.
~ Ayelet Waldman
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
You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.
~ Gabrielle Union
Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .
~ Dan Miller
Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.
~ Michael Eisner
There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.
~ Wally Amos
You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.
~ Seth Godin
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.
~ John W. Gardner
To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.
~ Katherine Mansfield
Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.
~ Emmet Fox
I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one.
~ Tiffanie DeBartolo
I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.
~ Arsenio Hall
My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable.
~ Ronda Rousey
I think people are afraid of either failing or succeeding. It takes courage to feel the fear and feel the risk.
~ John Assaraf