Steve Irwin Quotes

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.

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

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I'm always afraid of making mistakes. I think I was born with that.

I'm constantly anxious about making mistakes.

If you play scared, your decision making slows down and that's when you run into more trouble.

I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.

I used to second guess myself all the time. I can sit there and work in circles when I'm nervous about what I'm doing.

I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

We are so in fear of failure that often we prefer not to try..

Anxiety and doubt are among my biggest struggles as a writer.

I always make things worse than they are or create problems that aren't there. And going and doing some simple task becomes a problem. I start imagining problems that aren't there. What people are going to think, who's going to judge me and am I going to be good enough? Am I worthy?

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

I'm uncommonly slow to show my work to other people, and by the time I do I've usually exhausted myself so completely that all I really want is for someone to tell me that my efforts have added up to something - not one of my better qualities, I admit.

You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

I've always hated rejection; I only want to go out there when I know I've got it right.

I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.