Source: The Startup Owner’s Manual (2012), p. 33.
“If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.”
Source: 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
“Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”
Source: The Woman Who Died a Lot
“The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed.”
Source: Success! (1977), p. 240
Context: The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.
Parade interview http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_09-23-2007/AStephen_Colbert (23 September 2007)
Variant: You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.
Context: Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.
Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011100437_3.html, January 11, 2007.
“Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.”
