Natalie Goldberg Quotes

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

Failure is a part of success.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

I don't love to fail.

To achieve you most be prepared to try; and be prepared to fail if you try.

If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.

When you accept that failure is a good thing, it can actually be a huge propeller toward success.

Don't look back, because that's the sign of failure.

Success is on the far side of failure.

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.

Without failure there is no achievement.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.