Which is worse, failing or never trying?

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slatyb · Accepted Answer

Never trying. I frequently tell young people "When you are old, you won't regret the things you tried and failed. You will regret the things you were afraid to attempt."

loveslongnails · Accepted Answer

Failing is a step towards succeeding.  Never trying is like spending your life crawling while you tell everyone else how problematic it is to walk or even stand up.

Bricealan · Answer

@nikki1989 Nikki, I try to NOT think about failure at this point in my life. Dancing is my focus and the hardest thing I believe I have ever tried. I admire my fellow dancers and mostly the instructors who are so talented,  Never trying is much worse than failure, but fail, I cannot do.

purplepoppy · Answer

Failing. It's the result of poor fore thought.

It's much better to give someone a lot of thought and think it's not worth the risk of trying than to try and hope things work out

People love to hold up the 0.001% that succeeded as inspiration but forget the millions who lost everything.

"Trying is the first step towards failure" HS.

choco-latte · Answer

I think never trying because you’ll wonder if you would have succeeded. If you fail, at least you have a clear conscience that you tried your best.

gasman70 · Answer

I used to ponder this question and the older I get, the more I realize that the less you try the more you're safe but the more you're safe the less you gain, the less you gain, the more lonely and fulfilled you become. So, what the real truth is, fulfillment is just on the other side of fear, and what you have to fear is just fear itself.

Simslover92 · Answer

Never trying. If you failed at least you can say you tried. But if you never try then you always will be plagued with what if I had.

thegreenyogi · Answer

Never trying because that would mean never giving yourself a chance.

xawyx-3 · Answer

Depends, some things are not even worth trying if you don't have enough self-confidence to try.

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

Failure simply gives you useful data for your next attempt...

AviatorTom · Answer

Failure is often the best way to learn. If you never try, you never have that experience.

Friendlybro79 · Answer

Never trying by far is worse. We all fail, and we should all learn from failure, so that we can win long term.

MrChinaski · Answer

Failing. Because then you are a failure. 🤷‍♀️

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Its the never trying thats worse. I can deal with tryin a failing the never trying part would kill me

Massageman · Answer

Never trying. "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Thomas Edison.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Never trying. If one never tries he or she has already failed.

Abbycado · Answer

Never trying.

Jewelmyth · Answer

HNot trying at all is the worst thing.

RachyRach · Answer

Never trying for sure.

AngryCarl3 · Answer

The second one. Not trying.

fish5505_87 · Answer

Never Trying. "Really Trying"

wkhan_87 · Answer

Ofcourse never trying

MikeMetal79 · Answer

Depends but on what you tried.

WhitneySnow · Answer

Never trying

Paige2006 · Answer

Never trying

crazyengineer · Answer

Never trying

Extraterrestrial1999 · Answer

Never trying

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