James Thurber Quotes

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

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

It's better to have tried and failed than never tried, you can rest easy knowing you gave it a go.

Suppose you should fail. Is that so terrible? Not to have tried is a worse failure.

I don't care about failing because I do not want to sit down in my older years and say, 'How come I didn't try?'

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

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

The only things you regret are the things you don't do.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

To know that one has never really tried - that is the only death.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

Failure isn't failure if a lesson from it's learned. I guess love would not be love without a risk of being burned.

Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

I'd rather be sorry for something I had done than for something I didn't do.

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

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

If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying.

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

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.