80 Inspirational Quotes on Don't be Afraid - Fear of Failure

Quotes on Don’t be Afraid: One of the biggest fears people have in their lives is not being able to do what they want to do. They are afraid they won’t be able to do well if they try something new. They fear that they won’t be able to do what they love. Life is too short to let your fears make big decisions for you, so don’t let them. It’s hard to get over the fear of failing, but once you have the confidence to not let fear stop you, you’ll be able to do much more.

If you’re afraid to do something because you think you’ll fail, read these quotes today. In some ways, I hope these quotes will make you want to take more risks and reach for your dreams. Is one of the above quotes your favorite? Let me know in the comments below what your favorite quote about fear of failure is. You can use the buttons below to spread these quotes around to people you care about.

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes Don’t be Afraid

Don’t be Afraid to change. You may lose something good but may gain something better.

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.” ― Steve Jobs

“Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.” ― Lily Tomlin

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.” ― Ambrose Bierce

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“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

“One of the easiest ways to show your mercy to the world is to hide your fears from people who are already afraid. Don’t kill them alive when you truly claim you love them!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

“Don’t be afraid of the future as it’s always uncertain. Your mind and hands together can make your future better. So, don’t spend time thinking while doing nothing.” ― Giridhar Alwar

Inspirational Quotes on Don’t be Afraid

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” ― George Edward Woodberry

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” ― Andre Gide

inspirational quotes on fear of failure

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” ― Michael Jordan

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ― Confucius

“Do not worry about who gets the credit or praise for the work done. Continue work to give your best. Your reward may come unexpectedly.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Don’t be afraid to let your heartbeat strong and loud in a room full of silence. Your heart beats for a reason, woman!” ― Ayokunle Falomo

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” ― Benjamin Franklin

quotes to help you overcome the fear of failure

“I don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beans. 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.” ― Nikki Giovanni

“He knows the water best who has waded through it.” ― Danish Proverb

“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.” ― Anonymous

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” ― Dale Carnegie

dont be afraid of the dark

“If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.” ― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” ― Vincent van Gogh

“Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.” ― Mike Ditka

“No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.” ― Napoleon Hill

“Faith has won it! Fear has lost it! When you get full of faith, the devil gets filled with fear! Keep your faith in light every day and you will keep the devil in fright always!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

dont be afraid of the way you feel

“Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.” ― Mia Hamm

“Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.” ― Robert H. Schuller

“The only failure is not to try.” ― George Clooney

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” ― Japanese Proverb

Fear of Failure

“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” ― George Burns

“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.” ― Virgil Thomson

“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.” ― Michael Jordan

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” ― Elbert Hubbard

“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” ― Wayne Gretzky

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Bertrand Russell

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” ― Coco Chanel

“Always remember that those with very important paths to fulfill will always be forced by life into the fear of the very things that their true paths consist of, to prevent the destiny from ever happening. Or perhaps, to strengthen the courage of the heart, because courage is to look in a direction, make a choice, and do that which you are afraid of, and what is destiny if it is not fulfilled by a heart full of courage and brawn?” ― C. JoyBell C.

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ― Dale Carnegie

“For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” ― Mary Kay Ash

“Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.” ― James A. Froude

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is a little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” ― Frank Herbert

“Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” ― Zig Ziglar

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” ― Morihei Ueshiba

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” ― Buddha

“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” ― Tony Robbins

“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” ― George Herman Babe Ruth

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” ― Napoleon Hill

“One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” ― Henry Ford

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” ― Elbert Hubbard

“Alfred Pennyworth: Took quite a fall, didn’t we, Master Bruce? Thomas Wayne: And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” ― Batman Begins

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on them. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” ― Johnny Cash

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” ― Bill Cosby

“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” ― William Feather

“Failure is success if we learn from it.” ― Malcolm Forbes

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” ― Abraham Lincoln

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

“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” ― Anonymous