Stephen Schwartz Quotes

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed at.

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.

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

Better to try and fail than not to try at all

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

Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.

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

You’ll never progress if you never try

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

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

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

It seems that every time I stick my neck out, I get my foot into something else.

You don't achieve anything by playing it safe.

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse.

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

Who never wins can rarely lose, Who never climbs as rarely falls.

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

I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.

You either decide to take the easy way out, which means you're only going to disappoint yourself and everybody else, or you take the risk right now of being a fool, which is the only way you'll end up being exhilarated later on when you actually watch the movie.

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

If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

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