Allen Neuharth Quotes

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.

Bottom line is don't ever be afraid to fail.

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.

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

With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

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

You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.

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

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

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.

Don't be afraid to fail. For the love of God, don't be afraid to fail, because you're going to fail. So try to fail as hard as you can is what I would say, because you're always going to get up and you're going to learn something from it.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

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

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

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

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.

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

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

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.