Do You Think It's Better To Have Tried & Failed Than Never To Have Tried At All?

@biwasaki (1745)
United States
April 21, 2007 10:23pm CST
We've all heard the saying: It's better to have tried and failed, than never to have tried at all. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?
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@taheraa (1545)
• Giza, Egypt
6 May 07
Every body should Make a triers in most braches of his life. Getting marriage it is a trier and can be succeed or failed, that is mean you do not decide to marry because there is a risk to fall. as the same measure all things in our life have a risk, and you should live with this risk an get try and try. The life it self consider as a risk and we should live this risk or............. Can you tell me the other alternatives ? Withour risks life has no meaning Are you agree with me?
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
6 May 07
Yes, I think risks are a necessary part of life.
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• Philippines
23 Apr 07
Yes. I dont like having regrets. I am a risk-taker, I might say because I like accepting challenges. In life, there are times that we succeed, and sometimes, we fail. But whether we succeed or not, one thing is for sure - an experience is gained. And as the saying also goes, experience is the best teacher, right?
@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I agree, I think experience is the best teacher.
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@Jamian (2603)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
yes, its good to try and failed than never tried at all, all successful people experienced a lot of failure, because you can never be successful without failing.
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@camar_lyn (1028)
• Singapore
24 Apr 07
I believe it is better to have tried and failed. To me those who never failed, simply never dare to do anything new and thus will stay put for the rest of their peaceful lives. I would try and give my best shot at anything i try. Nothing should be second best for me when it's new. I give all that i've got and i know that with more knowledge, i can get even better. It's more of a personal challenge to me. Each day, something new. Each day, something learnt. Cheers! - Lyn
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
22 Apr 07
I think it's very true. First of all fear of failure shoouldn't detain us from doing anything, because who knows, if you try there's a chance to succeed but if you don't try you certainly won't succeed :( Not to mention the fact that if you don't try you'll probably always wonder what would have happened if you had. :)
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
22 Apr 07
Good point, if you never try you'll always have to live with the "what if".
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• Malaysia
22 Apr 07
i think it's better for every person to try and failed.. as people been saying, failing is they key to success.. isn't is true? i think it should be like this.. failing is one of the step to success.. without failing.. you won't learn how to accept your failure.. everyone must fail atleast oce.. because you do must remember that you are not the best in the world.. and not many can maintain to be the best in the world.. somehow.. someday.. someone will appear and just bring you down.. so.. you're going to fail... don't be afraid to fail.. as long is you know you've tried it.. better than those looking for far and say "luckily i didn't try" .. that's stupid.. because the person that try will eventually gain more experience.. and experience is priceless.. don't you think so?
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I agree, I think trying (even if you fail) will help you gain valuable life experience that you may not get otherwise.
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I do think it is better to try. Because if you never try, you would never know if you could do it. And if you never fail, then you would never learn how to make it right. We learn from our mistakes. Sometimes it take a bit longer to catch the clue of our errors. LOL But we still learn and learning is a part of life and living. So, the more we try, the more we learn, and the more we live. :)
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@pilbara (1436)
• Australia
7 May 07
I think it is true because you cannot know whether you will succeed or not when you start. If you never try then you will always fail, whereas if you try there is the possibility of failing, but even if you fail usually you learn something as well, just look at thomas edison and his lightbulb. He had thousands of attempts before he perfected it. Many other important discoveries have been made by people trying, failing, learning and then trying again and again until they succeeded. Not trying is both stupid and lazy.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
7 May 07
Sure it is. Even if we failed we always learned something no matter what and it becomes a good experience. Also even if we fail we won't be guessing or wondering anymore, you know. And it's up to us to decide if we want to try again or call it quits. Failing is not a problem, fear of failure is.
@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
7 May 07
I agree, I think fear of failure is what stops a lot of people from even trying in the first place.
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@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
7 May 07
Definitely go for it! The story goes that Edison tried over 2000 ways to invent the light bulb before he was successful. A reporter asked him about so many failures. His reply was something like, "I didn't have any failures. I learned 2000+ ways that a light bulb won't work!
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@rabi9634 (419)
• United States
22 Apr 07
Rather obvious what the answer is to this. If you try and fail, you can try again. As Edison said, he didn't get things wrong, just merely found a lot of ways not to do them right. You can always try again. If you never try at all, you'll never know if you could have succeeded.
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@Mayuko (1268)
• United States
4 Jul 12
I think it depends on the situation & who the people are. I think most of the time, it is better to try & fail because if you never try, then you never know what could have been. But then, there are situations where you don't even want to have failed. In a situation like that, I think of confessing to someone that you like them. For example, in high school, I really, really liked this guy & when I told him, he said he wasn't interested. I just felt so horrible & even more awkward than ever being around him. The thing was, he kind of flirted with me a few times, so I thought maybe he liked me; but for it to turn out that he didn't made me feel stupid. I really regretted telling him because now I feel like a guy who is seemingly flirting with me doesn't mean anything and now I lack any confidence at all in thinking a guy could possibly like me even if he seems to. I think if I never told that guy that I liked him, I would probably look back and wonder what could have been, but still, I'd also feel more confident that if a guy seems to be flirting with me, then he probably does like me. Right now, I'm just too scared to make that first move anymore. Anyway, that long digression was just my personal example for why I think failure is not always better. Basically, I think failure can lead to a lack of confidence & discouragement. So if you're going to try something, you should either be determined & motivated enough to not be bothered by failure or practice & prepare so you don't fail!
@jizfir (93)
9 Jul 12
This is obviously true! We will never know whether we failed or succeed if we never tried at all. Failing in things you have done doesn't mean you have to stop, but instead to try again to succeed. And success it accomplished to those people who were never afraid to try.