Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.
If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.
[Calling you a] star is just a trick. It's like a straw man thing. They [people] set you up just to knock you over. It's bull. You avoid it, I avoid it.
A lot of problems stem from a desire to avoid discomfort. For example, people who fear failure often avoid new challenges in an effort to keep anxiety at bay. Avoiding emotional discomfort, however, is usually a short-term solution that leads to long-term problems.
We unfortunately live in a corporate world where group decision making is made to avoid failure rather than to achieve success.
I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.
I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself
I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.
My position has always been to avoid violence to avoid provocation.
To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.
I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing.
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.
I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains.