Alice Dreger Quotes

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.

Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed.

People ask me, "How do I succeed?" Whatever it is they do, I say, "Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you'll be getting there." Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.

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's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

Everybody else is afraid to fail. I do not really care because when I fail, I try something new.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.

I think the big thing is don't be afraid to fail.

Failure's a marker of success in its own right because you went out and tried something... If you really don't want to fail, go find a comfortable chair and stay there. Just don't go out and do anything.

Bottom line is don't ever be afraid to fail.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.

I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

Failure is always an option.

To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Too many people don't do things for fear of falling. You'll never get good unless you fall. Experiences and new accomplishments are feelings we should never lose.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

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

To achieve you most be prepared to try; and be prepared to fail if you try.

When I talk to young people, I always tell them the biggest lesson I learned was that you shouldn't care about the outcome. If it fails, it fails. Every failure will groom you for your next big reward.