Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Quote by Alan Alda

Topics: Self Doubt Quotes

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.

You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was...

You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was...

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of...

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of...

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time...

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time...

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as...

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as...

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be...

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be...

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good,...

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good,...

My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must...

My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must...

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I...

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I...

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because...

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because...

I've never tried to manipulate my image.

I've never tried to manipulate my image.

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after...

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after...

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you...

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you...

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not...

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not...

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not...

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not...

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get...

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get...

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them...

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them...

It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time....

It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time....

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character...

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character...