Accepting Quote by Gretchen Rubin

“Pushing myself, I knew, would cause me serious discomfort. It's a Secret of Adulthood: Happiness doesn't always make you feel happy. When I thought…

— Gretchen Rubin

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not…

— Eric Zorn

I'm fearful when I push myself. It's a tough thing to do, but you need to acknowledge that you have what it takes to…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.

— Carine Roitfeld

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so…

— Sara Blakely

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own…

— Martin Lawrence

I think what pushes me every day is that I'm so afraid to fail. I think it comes from what I went through in…

— A. J. Green

I always want to push myself.

— Jonathan Krisel

I have always strived to do something different, to push myself.

— Seal

When you're afraid of failure you're more likely to do it.

— Gordy Ainsleigh

I guess you can say that my unwillingness to accept failure is what drives my success.

— Phil Hellmuth

I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a new beginning…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt