Seth Godin Quotes

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

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.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

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.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't have gone to Hollywood if I hadn't been offered 'Ugly Betty' because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That's what keeps you alive.

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

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

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