Gelsey Kirkland Quotes

The greatest tip ever told to me is 'Don't be afraid to make mistakes.'

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

At this point, I feel like I can allow myself to be goofy and take more risks, and even if I do fall on my face, I know it's not the end of the world and at least I tried to do something different.

Not being afraid to be wrong - I had to learn how to do that.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

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

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.

Don't be afraid to look silly. You are only holding yourself back if you are afraid of looking silly or failing.

I don't live my life based on fear of failure. I live my life with an understanding of failure and I'm embracing it, because every time I fail, I learn something new.

I'm not afraid to make mistakes.

It's important that you are not embarrassed when you try something new.

I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.