Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

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

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

Take risks. Never say die. It has worked for me.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less.

Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.

There's a difference between winning and losing and not trying at all.

The only way to fail for me is just not to try.

Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

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

Failure is a word unknown to me.

Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.