Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

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

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.

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

Don't be afraid to fail. For the love of God, don't be afraid to fail, because you're going to fail. So try to fail as hard as you can is what I would say, because you're always going to get up and you're going to learn something from it.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

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

How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and turn their failures into opportunities.

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.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

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

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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.

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Failing passionately is a success in its own right.