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The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.

Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on.

The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds.

Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.

A fault is sooner found than mended.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Fear is met and destroyed with courage.

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

He without fear is king of the world.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.

Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.

I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.