Vinod Khosla Quotes

You can't go into new life experiences without the understanding that yeah, you may fail, but knowing you might fail can't stop you from trying.

I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

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

You can't have a hit every time. The main thing is to keep on working and not be afraid to take risks. It's better to do something that's not perfect and successful every time. It's important to be fearless and move forward, to learn from what went wrong.

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

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

Be fearless and don't be afraid of failure. There is no better way to learn than through trial-and-error.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.

Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed.

If you feel like it's going to work, do it. If it doesn't, get out as quick as you can.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

I think the big thing is don't be afraid to fail.

If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market.

When you work in a culture that thrives on innovation and is constantly moving into unchartered territory, you're going to hit dead ends. But to be successful over the long term, remember what you've learned and move on from it quickly.