"People refuse to take chances in business,..." - Quote by Napoleon Hill
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.
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More on Fear
“My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.”
“How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection.”
“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.”
More on Criticism
“From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.”
“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”
“There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”