When all else fails, be willing to look like a fool. Maybe they will underestimate you later about something really important.

When opportunity knocks, it’s too late to prepare.

When one is wise, it's wisest to seem foolish.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said.
Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like an idiot over the short term.

After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.

One of the great mistakes in life is suffering for years because you didn't want to feel foolish for five minutes.

• You don't want to apologize, so you let a relationship deteriorate.
• You're scared of the sting of rejection, so you don't ask for what you want.
• You fear people will say your idea is dumb, so you never start the business.

Nobody likes feeling foolish, but the feeling fades quickly. The willingness to endure five minutes of discomfort turns out to be a meaningful dividing line in life.

Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance. When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than... expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity... p. 13

Trouble comes looking for you if you’re a fool.

Being afraid you'll look like a coward is the worst reason for doing anything.

Anything you start, you will suck at. You will be embarrassing. But you will survive.

Then you will realize that looking like a fool lasts a moment, being one that never started lasts a lifetime.

You need to know that if you do not treat it like a job, then you will set yourself up to fail.

If you attempt what is beyond your power, your trouble will be wasted and you court not only misfortune but ridicule.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.