Katharine Graham Quotes

If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.

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

The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that’s not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you.

I feel I'm doing what I should've done a lifetime ago. For a little while I'm not afraid. Maybe it's because I'm doing the right thing at last. Maybe it's because I've done a rash thing and don't want to look the coward to you.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

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

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

You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail.

It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.

I have more confidence in myself just to be out there and take the big hit or go across the middle.

I'll keep doing the things I don't know if I'm good enough to do.

As a player you can't be too worried if you take a risk and whether it's not going to come off.

I doubt myself a lot but go forward at full throttle anyway.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

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.

When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.

The biggest thing is you cannot be afraid to miss the game-winning shot. It's not that you want to make it; it's that you're not afraid to miss it. You're not afraid to make a play and it go wrong. You have to have amnesia. You're not afraid to make a play and it go wrong.

Everyone is coming from a place of fear and my feeling is stop being so afraid. If something doesn't work then that's fine at least then you know it doesn't work. Don't worry so much about it not working, you can always fix that.

There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

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.

I love to take risks and see how I cope with the situation.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

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.