Jack Kerouac Quotes

What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.

You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.

Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.

And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.

That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And Bernie Mac is not afraid to fail.

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

I wasn't afraid of failing. A lot of people fear failure, and I think that holds a lot of people back. But a lot of times, it's possibly the best thing that could happen to you because you learn how to get back up, you learn how to do it better and you're stronger from that.

Being told to get out, not being afraid to fail and try new things - that really makes a difference.

I grew and learned, journeyed and understood, that someone who is afraid of failing won't get anywhere, and someone who dares to do it runs the risk of failure if they don't learn, correct their mistakes, and get back up.

You don't know how many times I fell just taking ridiculous small steps.

Failure is ultimately very liberating. Once you come out the other side of it, you just might have faced one of your biggest fears and lived. The other side of failure is a big elimination of fear of failure. Trust me, that is an amazing gift.

I'm not afraid to fail - at all.

The art of climbing is the art of survival. The best climber is the man or woman going in the most crazy places but surviving.

I don't have any fear of failure whatsoever. I used to, and I told myself I wouldn't allow myself to anymore.