Graham Taylor Quotes

If you're afraid to do something then you're probably never going to achieve it.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

Have the courage of your desire.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That's it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

Once you lose that fear, good stuff can happen because you're not in your head about whether it will suck. Once you don't care and accept that it probably will suck, then it probably won't suck.

Don't be afraid to step through some of that uncertainty that you might feel when you're passionate about doing something.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

I think the main thing is: Just do it. Plunge in! Being Canadian, I go swimming in icy cold lakes, and there is always that dithering moment. "Am I really going to do this? Won't it hurt?" And at some point you just have to flop in there and scream. Once you're in, keep going. You may have to crumple and toss, but we all do that. Courage! I think that is what's most required.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

You've gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.