Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

I was definitely not the cocky kid. I was probably on the other end of the spectrum - I was quiet. I remember a time when there was a skills competition, and I think I was five, and I was so nervous to even compete that I chose not to do the skating part.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

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.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

I'm not brave at all.

There was a combination of shyness and just fear of looking stupid that kept me out of a lot of interesting creative conversations that I could have had at an early age.

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

When I was at University I had a sort of fear about going to the gym and that kind of blokeish environment, which was rooted in a feeling of total inadequacy, which is what fear is.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

Don't be scared of what people will say.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

When you're fearful, you stumble.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

Anything you can suck at should make you nervous.

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.