Which is worse, failing or never trying?

Bosnia And Herzegovina
October 12, 2011 6:37am CST
Have you ever looked back in your life and thought what if i did that or tryed this,or you did something and regret that for the rest of your life.Well i have like walked to a girl i liked to talk to her but i couldn't say anything so i embarressed myself but what if i missed that oportunity i asked myself.Have you did something similar or not and asked you that?
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16 responses
• Malaysia
13 Oct 11
Well, Never trying is the worst! "Better You fails because you'd tried THAN You fails because you never did." How can you ever know you might fails when you did not try. Opportunity is always there.. Trying is 50-50 to success. You just might succeed. You just need to seek and you'll find. Trying is the best thing to do than live your life regretting everything from the past just because you never at least...try :)
@boyuancy (1708)
• India
16 Oct 11
Never trying is worse but than a person who constantly fails may quit trying. It is normal human nature. Atleast that's what I think.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
13 Oct 11
There is no harm in pursuing your intentions. What happened after you've tried is a secondary matter. Not trying at all will haunt you with regrets maybe for the rest of your life.
@sirnose (2436)
• United States
15 Oct 11
Never Trying is worse than failure. We can never know what one can accomplish unless one tries. No one wish to fail at a task or job but this is just part of the live and learn process.
@trm820 (222)
• United States
15 Oct 11
I look back at my past and think maybe if I had done some things differently but then if I had, would I have two beautiful daughters now? Would I have now found the man I'm in love with? It is kind of an iffy thing you know? Some say that things happen for a reason, perhaps they do.
• Malaysia
13 Oct 11
Well, Never trying is the worst! "Better You fails because you'd tried THAN You fails because you never did." How can you ever know you might encounter failure when you never try. Opportunity is always there.. Trying is 50-50 to success. You just might succeed. You just need to seek and you'll find. Trying is the best thing to do than live your life regretting everything from the past just because you never at least...try :)
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
13 Oct 11
Never trying is FAILING in a sense. If you have tried something but just couldn't succeed it is far better than never trying at all.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
12 Oct 11
Well,It's worth trying for, even if I fail or I failed. How will I know if I will succeed or fail if I will never try, so, I better choose to try and failed than regretting for not trying at all. I am a very aggressive person and I want result in every move that I make. So,I always try whatever is in my mind as long as I am not stepping on other toes and hurting other people. Have a good day
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
12 Oct 11
I can answer that question easily without any amount of hesitation and that is never trying. I mean if you never try at something, you are going to not learn absolutely one thing whatsoever. You never have any experience with something, even if it is a very negative experience to say the very least. There is just a big blank of nothing. Sure you could fail but what if you do succeed? You'll never know if you never try. Plus there is some amount of success within failure. There are a lot of times where people tend to fear failure but really failure can really be a valuable tool for learning. There are a lot of times where the mistakes of failure can be learned from for sure.
• United States
12 Oct 11
Never trying is worse than failing, because what if you try and you succeed, it paid off in the end. But if you try and fail, you can learn from your mistakes and succeed later. Never trying negates any success or failure you would have had if you went out and tried something.
• Bulgaria
12 Oct 11
Oucorse never trying is worse. When you dont try something you regret you didnt your whole life. Well sometimes when you try you regret it too but my point is that those are different types of regret and you shouldnt pass on any opportunity. There are a lot of things I am sorry I didnt do but am so happy for those I did :D
• Philippines
13 Oct 11
I've asked that question "What if" many times already. But we have to stop dwelling on the past. We have to focus on the future. We must stop thinking of the "What if's?" Because if we keep on asking that, we can't move forward in life. I guess the answer to your question as to which is worse is failing and never having to try. It is way more worse than trying but you failed because in this one, at least you have tried.
• Sweden
12 Oct 11
Never trying.. I always believe that it is better to fail when you know that you have tried than not tried at all because you'll never know, you may not end up a failure after all.. If you tried and fail, then at least, you can say to yourself, at least, I have tried... :)))
@siri26 (331)
• India
13 Oct 11
Never trying is not good. Try and try till we reach the goal. That's how we can get what we want . I think failures are the stepping stones for our success. If we can find out why we failed that's enough to reach our destination. I do have the same situation when i got the offer i just left because of fear. It's the worst part. Just try whether you get it or not. But sure hard work will never go waste. Coming to the situation the same applies..... and life will never come again.
@romscabs (310)
• Philippines
12 Oct 11
Never trying. I believe that success comes with so many failures. Successful people has mastered everything because they failed so many times before they get what they want! You need to try things out. And you will eventually learn from your mistakes. Bear in mind that Life is a continuous learning process. There will always be mistakes no matter what. So try and try. Who cares if you fail so many times. Just don't give up.
• Australia
12 Oct 11
I get what you mean. It makes sense that if you never try something your going to fail from lack of trying. But at least if you try you might get success. And even if you don't succeed, you get lessons learnt from trying. It is so easy to say this but so hard to live by. Fear of failure paralyses us all the time, and fear of judgement from others makes us worried about what others may think. I would love to have a better mindset where I could just give everything a go. I think I would be a totally different person...