Nafessa Williams Quotes

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.

A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.

You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing.

You never know what you can do till you try.

You have no idea what you're passionate about until you give it a shot. If I hadn't been given a guitar or a camera or whatever, I'd be doing something different.

People get so scared to try things.

I realised years ago that no one really knows what they're doing and you kind of just learn by observing.

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be.

Try everything, because you're never sure what you're going to be great at.

When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.

Leap, and the net will appear.

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do.

You can't wear only one dress and be so safe. You have to risk; that's how you learn about yourself.

I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.

The one message I always send to young people is, Don't be afraid to try different things to see what feels right and what's a good fit.

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant.

You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things.

You would never know if you could ever be, If you never try, you would never see.

The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.

It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course work, etc.

There's no point sitting here, using words that mean nothing. Go and experiment. It's time you got out of here. Go and re-conquer your kingdom, which has grown corrupted by routine. Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way.

You don't know what you can do until you try.