Kumail Nanjiani Quotes

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

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

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

The fearful are the failing.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

When you're fearful, you stumble.

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

It's difficult because we tend to overrate the pain of failure. We fear it too much. That's research that emerges from psychology. We think it's going to be worse than it really is. And, I think, as we get a bit older, really after we leave school or college, we quickly stop experimenting.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.