Bob Goff Quotes

I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

Bob Goff

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• I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Myself
  • Afraid
  • Flaws

• In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • School
  • Loved
  • Afraid

• Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Afraid
  • Republican
  • Sides

• I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
  • Time
  • Dying
  • Afraid

• I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Thinking
  • Real
  • Afraid

• I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Think
  • Death
  • Afraid

• I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • You
  • Afraid
  • Scared

• To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Truth
  • True
  • Afraid

• I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Story
  • Working
  • Afraid

• You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • You
  • Afraid
  • Getting

• I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Speak
  • Afraid
  • Attorney

• I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • People
  • Afraid
  • Japanese

• I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Happy
  • Chaos
  • Afraid

• I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Like
  • Remembered
  • Succeeding

• I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.

  

  Tan Le
  • Afraid
  • Privilege
  • Ease

• I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

  

  Wale
  • Red
  • Say
  • Afraid

• Never be afraid of not knowing. Find out.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Afraid
  • Find Out
  • Not Knowing

• The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • People
  • Great
  • Struggle

• Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Time
  • Live
  • Never

• I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

  

  Hedy Lamarr
  • Money
  • Jobs
  • Rich

• I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

  

  Bob Goff
  • Afraid
  • Failing
  • Succeeding