Brian J. Smith Quotes

You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.

You don't achieve anything by playing it safe.

If doing anything new, you're very used to having insurmountable obstacles.

I have a massive fear of going stale and falling into a comfort zone.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.

If we never do anything which has not been done before, we shall never get anywhere. The law will stand still whilst the rest of the world goes on; and that will be bad for both.

I'm really anxious not to repeat what I've done before, to keep pushing and learning.

If you don't take a risk then what's the point. We can't keep making films in the same space.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

It is really hard for me to get out of my comfort zone.

Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.