Brene Brown Quotes

I honestly think I'm the kind of person that is driven by fear of failure rather than striving for success. I tend to go to bed scared and wake up terrified.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .

Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It’s over; you’re wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

When I was young, it was difficult to imagine entering a world where my parents succeeded so much and I could have risked failing. It would have felt much harder.

I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I'm kind of an insecure artist. I hop from piece to piece. I always think my life depends on every painting. Every painting is my first painting.

Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.

We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I don't get embarrassed by the same things that other people do. I would say that probably the biggest thing that holds people back is, 'If I do this, I'm going to look like an idiot if it doesn't work out.'

I don't want to carry the burden of a flop. I don't fall into that trap.

Throughout a competitive career, you can certainly lose yourself trying to please the judges.

I can just remember what I have seen, and then I often think about how I do well throughout the match, and then, if I miss one chance, everyone talks about the miss. Only that.

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.

I hate getting things wrong and I hate failing.

The more professionally successful you are, the more emotionally insecure you will be.