George Clooney Quotes

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

My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had." "If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha & Rodrick

I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

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

Better to try and fail than not to try at all

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly. Mediocrity is not about failing, and it's the opposite of doing. Mediocrity, in other words, is about not trying. The reason is achingly simple, and I know you've heard it a thousand times before: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'

You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

At one point, we were all fearful. But as you get older, it's the things you don't do that you regret, more so than the things you do. When fear knocks, answer.

I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of regrets I have.’ And I knew that when I was 80, I was not going to regret having tried this. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a really big deal. I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that. But I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. I knew that that would haunt me every day.

And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.

I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

If you are falling....dive.

Don't be that guy that's laying in that hospital bed going, 'I wonder what would have happened if I tried it?' The worst thing that could happen is that it doesn't work.

I'm enough of an optimist and a patriot to believe that in U.S. you have a lot of opportunity and can do pretty much anything you want in some form. For me, the idea of failure is far preferable to the idea of regret.

I'm the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I'm old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.