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

Quote by Beatrix Potter

Topics: Failure Quotes, Fear Quotes, Success Quotes

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife....

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of...

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in...

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...

Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most...

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Obviously a major malfunction.

Obviously a major malfunction.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

The only failure is not to try.

The only failure is not to try.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude more than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude more than by...

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit....

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit....

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

You can't make any hits if you don't take any shots...You live once, that's my...

You can't make any hits if you don't take any shots...You live once, that's my...