Steven Wright Quotes

If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Don't let people make you afraid of taking chances in life. And if you fail, it's no big deal. Get back up and fight through it and be successful again. If you did it once, you can do it again.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

I've never been afraid to fail.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

Temerity is not always successful.

If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.

Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen.

I've never been able to sky-dive, and I've always wanted to. I've probably done everything else, but for some reason the insurance company won't let me do it.

Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

The only people who never fail are those who never try.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.