"Fear isn't an excuse to come to a……" — Arthur Ashe

"Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike."

— Arthur Ashe

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64 Quotes by Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe has 64 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am…
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving…
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would… — Mikhail Bakunin
Excuse the mess but we live here. — Roseanne Barr
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. — William Blake
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the… — Michael Bloomberg
I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse… — Alain de Botton
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to… — George W. Bush

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