Fear of Failure Quotes
Here`s a subject we can all relate to: Fear of Failure
Ok, maybe not everyone reading this has this fear. But we`re not all super-humans.
For those of us who need little pick-me-up`s to help in this area, here are 30 quotes on the fear of failure:
1. They fail, and they alone, who have no striven. -Thomas Bailey Aldrich
2. He that is down needs fear no fall. -John Bunyan
3. I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the best. -John Keats
4. It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. -Publius Syrus
5. Go back a little to leap further. -John Clarke
6. Half of the failures in life come from pulling one’s horse when he is leaping. -Thomas Hood
7. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. -Theodore Roosevelt
8. Our doubts are our traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. -William Shakespeare
9. There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing. -Sarah J. Hale
10. 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
11. Failure teaches success. -Japanese Saying
12. There is no failure except in no longer trying. -Elbert Hubbard
13. Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air. -Johann Schiller
14. Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt
15. If your life is free from failure, you’re not taking enough risks. -Anonymous
16. Many great ideas have been lost because people who had them could not stand being laughed at. -Anonymous
17. You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky
18. I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. -G.K. Chesterton
19. To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. -Soren Kierkegaard
20. We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. -David Grayson
21. One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. -Andre Gide
22. Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. -Anonymous
23. To win you have to risk loss. -Jean-Claude Killy
24. To eat an egg, you must break the shell. -Jamaican Proverb
25. The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. -Anonymous
26. It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves—in finding themselves. -Andre Gide
27. There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything. -Vauvenargues
28. If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? -Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
29. The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not a closet. -Lord Philip Chesterfield
30. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. -Anonymous
Wow! There are quite a few good ones here. Which ones jump out at you? What are you going to do now that all your fears are gone? 
Shawn
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Thanks for the quotes. There were some I haven’t heard of before.
The one that got met thinking the most was:
Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt
I adore every single quote by that woman. Or the ones by her husband.
Thanks…
I like this quote: “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” -Anonymous and this as well: “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” -Soren Kierkegaard.
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Jani
hey, thanks for the quotes on fear of failure. The one I like most is, “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. -Anonymous”. It just gives you the right attitude to taking risks.
wow nice one……….i like this one “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.”
The fence of Life.
On one side the energy of Love; goodness, trust, honesty, intergrity,patience etc.
On the other side the energy of Fear; doubt,anger.impatience,distrust,worry,guilt,etc.
Which side of the fence will you choose to govern you today?
This is great,
It just keeps me moving, i can’t imagine how strong and confident i have become after reading the fear of failur quotes..
Well done Shawn… Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are great quotes. I think we all have our fears though in varying degrees. I have been challenged by the fact that if you ‘Do one thing every day that scares you’ you would have conquered the fear within.
Failures,problems,trials,disappointments are just visitors,They come and go leaving us with wisdom,strength,knowledge,peace,maturity,growth,love,learnings,lessons.
by:UNI DOMPOR
Great shawn. These words are nuggets for life
Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt
If your life is free from failure, you’re not taking enough risks. -Anonymous
These are my faves. Thanks for the list. Your lists always encourage me and give me something new to think about.
Wow, these quotes are great and after thinking about it, the most successful people have failed the most (Isaac Newton, Thomas Edison, etc) so yeah, failure is a sign for us to turn things around.
i like your quotetion very much that is fear in life.
it is the great job we learn something your quotetion
I re posted because my site address is incorrect. Great quotes. I love Eleanor’s – Do one thing everyday that scares you. That is powerful and we follow that we will be powerful
Thanks
These quotes on the Fear of Failure are amazing. I can relate to the quote “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves — in finding themselves.” After ending a bad marriage where I lost my own identity, it was through my own personal adventures in life that I was able to find myself. It was through these adventures where I gained my confidence and now I know who I am.
Nice quotes Shawn.
I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the best. -John Keats
is my favorite one.
I read a quote but no attribution. Does anyone know the source of this quote: “I am not afraid of failure, I am afraid of succeeding at something with no eternal significance.”
FAILURE IS NOT A DEFEAT!!