Charles Bukowski Quotes

We are alive and need to take risks. And if we fail, so what? Who cares? It doesn't matter. Learn and move on without judgement.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges.

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

Don't let fear stop you. Don't give up because you are paralyzed by insecurity or overwhelmed by the odds, because in giving up, you give up hope. Understand that failure is a process in life, that only in trying can you enrich yourself and have the possibility of moving forward. The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it.

It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on

As a player and a coach, I've had plenty of great moments, but I've also experienced disappointments. The disappointments are not about self-doubt, but rather about change. I've always seen failures as a personal challenge. I say to myself: Now I have to find out if I have the right stuff.

Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reaching intellects.

Nobody is born without fear. We are all born into this world screaming and crying, a bloody mess. We're afraid of failing. What differentiates people is that some of them tend to deal more with fearful situations and understand that it's hurting them in life. That by becoming fearful they're maiming themselves and they learn to move past these fears.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.

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.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

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.

When I play in a tournament, sometimes I'm feeling tired and don't want to play in the tournament. I don't want to lose.

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

Big defeats make us learn.

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

There are people who can't bear to fail. Those people are on the short track as far as their careers go. You have to push hard, do hard things. But you also have to be able to say, 'OK, today's not the day.'