Booker T Quotes

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.

You can't learn if you don't try.

There's no disgrace in failing, lad, Though friends and foes deride; In fact, a failure's not so bad As never having tried.

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

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

Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.

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

The only failure is not trying.

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

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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.

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried.

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

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

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

The only failure is not to try.

With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure, no humiliation.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, 'It can't be done.'

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