Thomas Wolfe Quotes

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

I'm not afraid of failure.

I'm not afraid to fail - at all.

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.

I've never been afraid to fail.

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.

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

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

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

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

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

I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

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

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

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.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.