Margaret Atwood Quotes

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

The only people who never fail are those who never try.

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

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

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.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

In order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

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

If you're afraid to do something then you're probably never going to achieve it.

I doubt myself a lot but go forward at full throttle anyway.

I learned that if you want something, you've got to really go for it, try to put the nerves aside.

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.