Amy Poehler Quotes

I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs.

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

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

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".

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

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

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

I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'

The secret of success is sincerity.

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

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

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

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

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

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

I always say if you're not failing, you're not trying.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

Better to try and fail than not to try at all

If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.

Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they will lead a miserable life, and everything will be a failure. But those who do their duties as they go, putting their shoulders to the wheel, will see the light, and higher duties will fall to their share.

Fruitless striving breeds less despair than inaction.

The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

You can't be disappointed unless you try something to be disappointed over.