Fear Of Failure Quotes - Page 11

• There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

  Sarah Josepha Hale

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

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• Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases... found that fear of killing, rather than fear of being killed, was the most common cause of battle failure, and that fear of failure ran a strong second.

  Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

  Strong, War, Battle

  Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall (1954). “Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War”

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• Fear sees, even when eyes are closed.

  Wayne Gerard Trotman

  Fear, Eye

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• Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Teacher, Imagination, Brain

  Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.161, Verso

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

  William Allen White

  Positive, Encouraging, Time

  "Vice President Joe Biden's Commencement speech at WFU". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 21, 2009.

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  Criticism is something we can avoid easily
  by saying nothing, doing nothing,
  and being nothing.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Relationship, Failure

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• In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Failure, Adversity

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Kay Ash (1986). “Mary Kay”, Harper Perennial

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• Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

  Napoleon Hill

  Change, Inspiring, Success

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Become Your Best”, p.187, Jaico Publishing House

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• There is no failure except in no longer trying.

  Chris Bradford

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

  Michael Buble

  Useless, Tendencies, Fear Of Success

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• It's scary to watch someone you love go into the center of himself and confront his fears, fear of failure, fear of death, fear of going insane. You have to fail a little, die a little, go insane a little, to come out the other side.

  Eleanor Coppola

  Scary, Insane, Watches

  Eleanor Coppola (1979). “Notes”, Amadeus Press

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• Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

  Jack Lemmon

  Fear, Failure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Fear of failure leads to failure.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.

  Newell Dwight Hillis

  Fear, Failure, Events

  Newell Dwight Hillis (1911). “The Contagion of Character: Studies in Culture and Success”

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• Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Suicidal, Men

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• It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

  Publilius Syrus

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

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• I have a fear of failure.

  Joe Montana

  Fear

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

  Dan Miller

  Procrastination, Excellence, Desire

  Dan Miller (2015). “48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal”, p.86, B&H Publishing Group

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• Attitude, humor and action (persistence) will whip fears and rejection. Fear of failure doesn't exist, if you believe it doesn't.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Attitude, Believe, Persistence

  Jeffrey Gitomer (2014). “The Sales Bible, New Edition: The Ultimate Sales Resource”, p.135, John Wiley & Sons

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• For many businesses, the fear behind their social media reluctance isn't just fear of failure but of blame and accountability - both individual and collective.

  Jay Baer

  Media, Accountability, Marketing

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• It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fear, Procrastination, Years

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, 1988.

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• American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

  Jeff Olson

  Running, Failure, Responsibility

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• Amateurs built the Ark; Professionals built the Titanic.

  Elizabeth May

  Fear, Trying Something New, Ark

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• The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.

  Gerald Seymour

  Desire, Succeed, Compulsion

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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