William Arthur Ward Quotes

There is but one failure in life and that is the failure to try.

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

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

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.

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

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

Better to try and fail than not to try at all

There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.

If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail.

The only failure is not trying.

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

You’ll never progress if you never try

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

The only failure is not to try.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

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

Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.

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

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding

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

They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" - and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all".

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.