William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

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

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

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.

True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt.

Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.

If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!

I've never been afraid to fail.

There's nothing I won't attempt.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

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.

Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

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

There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.'

I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.

Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.