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Imagine being able to stare your fear of failure in the face, and still have the confidence to take action? What would that do for your life? What would you be able to achieve?<\/p>\n

Failure is inevitable, and if you’re not failing, it’s probably because you’re not taking bold action. If you haven’t failed in a while, it probably means you haven’t made any significant progress either. But chances are, your fear of failing is so intense, that it’s stopping you from taking action.<\/p>\n

But the good news is, you can redefine how you view failure<\/a>, and the quotes you’re about to read will help you do just that.<\/p>\n

The Quotes to Help You Crush Your Fear\u00a0of Failure<\/h2>\n

1) “I\u2019ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I\u2019ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I\u2019ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I\u2019ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” –\u00a0Michael Jordan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2) \u201cNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.\u201d –\u00a0Anonymous\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

3) “Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy tryingto cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It’s OK to fail. If you’re not failing, you’re not growing.” –\u00a0H. Stanley Judd\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

4) “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible: the fear of failure.” –\u00a0Paulo Coelho<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

5) “I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.” –\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ll always miss 100{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} of the shots you don\u2019t take.\u201d –\u00a0Wayne Gretzky<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u201cForget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.\u201d –\u00a0Denis Waitley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u201cI really don\u2019t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don\u2019t mind the failure but I can\u2019t imagine that I\u2019d forgive myself if I didn\u2019t try.\u201d –\u00a0Nikki Giovanni<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

9) “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up” –\u00a0Thomas Edision<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person” –\u00a0Zig Ziglar<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

11) \u201cI honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.\u201d –\u00a0George Burns<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

12)\u00a0\u201cIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.\u201d –\u00a0Theodore Roosevelt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

13)\u00a0\u201cThere is no failure except in no longer trying.\u201d –\u00a0Elbert Hubbard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

14) “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative” –\u00a0Woody Allen\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

15) “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” –\u00a0Denis Waitley\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

16) “There is no such thing as failure. There are only results” –\u00a0Tony Robbins<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

17) “Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe.” –\u00a0Sumner Redstone\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

18) “One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” –\u00a0Henry Ford<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

19) “Most people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” –\u00a0Napoleon Hill<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

20) “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” –\u00a0Elbert Hubbard<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

21) “Failure is success if we learn from it.” –\u00a0Malcolm Forbes<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tony J. Robinson is the founder of\u00a0<\/i>DoReallyGood.com<\/i><\/a>, which is the place to go for the information and inspiration necessary to take your life\u2019s most important goals and make them a reality. You can pick up a copy of his free eBook, \u201cGoal Domination: The 5 Step Game Plan for Setting and Dominating Your Goals\u201d\u00a0by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

Photo credit:\u00a0VinothChandar<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Foter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)<\/a><\/b><\/h6>\n

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