Peggy Noonan Quotes

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment - I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

I guess I'm motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don't do things the way you need to do them to have success.

I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.

I have been relegated as a player, and I have suffered the feeling of failure. It is awful, and when you are part of an international outfit that gets so close, and you don't do it, it is not a good feeling. I don't want that again. I want to be part of a team that does something no one else has done.

The fear of losing motivates me, and that's it.

Fear drives you and makes you better.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.

I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

I have a fear of failure.

Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.

The fear of messing up is what makes you work harder!

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

I've always hated rejection; I only want to go out there when I know I've got it right.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.