Character and Conduct – 25 February – Fear of Failure
EXTREME caution is no less harmful than its opposite.
VAUVENARGUES
THE men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.
GARFIELD
OUR doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
SHAKESPEARE
IT is better by a noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils which we anticipate, than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen.
HERODOTUS
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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.
Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume
In her preface Whishaw writes:
‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’
It is my hope in publishing the her readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.
Suffolk Vicar 