Sandra Bernhard Quotes

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

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

I was always scared to follow my dreams because if I follow my dreams and I fail, I can't dream about it anymore. It's easier to settle for less.

The fearful are the failing.

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.

Don't be that guy that's laying in that hospital bed going, 'I wonder what would have happened if I tried it?' The worst thing that could happen is that it doesn't work.

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.

When you're fearful, you stumble.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.

It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.