Failing is better than never trying, what do you think?

India
September 1, 2011 1:50am CST
Hello mylotters, what do you think, falling is better than never trying? I have seen little children tring to walk but they fall still they try their best to do it. What is your opinion about this?
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7 responses
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
1 Sep 11
It depends on what you want to do with your life and how you interpretate the failure. If you see it as a big mistake or giant failure it will be hard to get over it. For me it's better to fail. To know I did try it at least, as to regret I never tried. I think in the end the regret will always be there and eat you.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
1 Sep 11
I would have to really agree with this one hundred percent. I mean if we failed, that means that we made an honest attempt at doing something. There are many times, where we can make the attempt, gain valuable knowledge as we make the said attempt. Then as time goes by, we are going to really make the most of our efforts. I think that a lot of people are going to fear some failure. However, there is really nothing to fear from failure. In fact in many ways, not trying is the worst thing that could potentially happen. A lot of people really tend to be scared but I really think that gaining the most valuable knowledge in the world. I think that going through the process, working a little bit at a time, and hopefully learn from any mistakes that we are going to make. Failure can make us stronger and it can make the success all that much the sweeter.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
1 Sep 11
Of course it is better to fail than never have tried. As one saying puts it: failure is the mother of success. We have all experienced failure, to fail is ok and not shameful at all. The most important thing is we should try to learn from the failures. If we never learn any lessons from the failure, then it is shameful.
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
1 Sep 11
If you perform a certain task and then one don't succeed,it's good because an effort has been made.Trying alone exposes you to an experience to do better the next time you attempt again.
@hafiz008 (450)
• India
1 Sep 11
Yes you are right. Failure is the step towards the succes. As we hav heard no gain without a pain. So one has to work hard to success. If he fails it means his work path is not a path to success. He will understand his mistake and take remedial measures. So keep on trying untill success comes to you.
• Philippines
1 Sep 11
Yes, definitely agree that falling is better than never trying at all. It's like "do something you never did to get something you never had."
• Philippines
1 Sep 11
Yes, indeed. We were lil babies back then so we literally know how it is to fall rather than not try to walk and fall at all. It's just like learning how to ride a bike than not trying to drive the baby bike we used to have because we were afraid to fall. As some kids were afraid to try to drive, I was one of those who would really feel like doing the things that some elders wouldn't allow me. Not because I wanted to disobey but it was simply because I wanted to try the challenge of how it felt to "fall". Falling is better than not even trying because it's teaching yourself to take the risk no matter what the circumstances and if you try to instill this to your own kids, they will know how it is to fail sometimes. There'll always be times when we do try things yet we don't succeed the first time but if we keep trying, we learn something from it and succeed or fail in the end. "Falling" could be the same is failing but it's better to try and fail then never to have tried doing and learning from something at all. And also, it's from falling or "failing" that one improves and succeed.