Michelle Obama Quotes

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

The greatest tip ever told to me is 'Don't be afraid to make mistakes.'

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

I don't live my life based on fear of failure. I live my life with an understanding of failure and I'm embracing it, because every time I fail, I learn something new.

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

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

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

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.

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.

I'm not afraid to make mistakes.

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

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

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

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.

You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

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

At this point, I feel like I can allow myself to be goofy and take more risks, and even if I do fall on my face, I know it's not the end of the world and at least I tried to do something different.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

But these guys learn so fast now, they sort of soak up the information, they're fearless. Those are the guys who learn from their mistakes and come back strong the next time.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.