Which is worse: failing or never trying?

Never trying, you need experience in life to grow as a person.

that sentence explains what i think about you question sir.

Both are equally just as bad. To me it is not a question of failing or never trying but a question of how much do you desire something and what are you willing to do.

Let's put it in terms of asking a girl out. If you never tried then that girl goes off and dates someone else you're left with regret and a pile of what-ifs to ponder for the rest of your life. If you actually asked her out and she says no then all you have is disappointment. You move on and don't think about the possibilities and then you can find another girl that actually appreciates you or you learned that stammering wasn't the best way to ask someone out.

For this question i believe it is always better to try and to fail, because where would we be if we never tried. a good example would be a baby learning how to walk or crawl for that matter. if he never tried hed be still laying around doing nothing.

When you fail, just rise and try again. I like the quote from Robin Hood, "Rise and rise again until sheep become lions."

With failure you can at least take experience and learn from it. If you never tried you never figured out anything, you don't even know what could have been. With failure you can move on with your life, you could say "Well I screwed up, oh well".

Whether it's your career or love life, to never even tried...there's this regret but you can't ever go back.

The first thing that came to mind is if you never try you don't fail buy the ability to rise after a fall is far greater than the ability to never lose at all so try maybe fail but you learn don't be ashamed if you fail if you learned something in the process.

I think not getting to try is worse than failing or never trying.

Never trying is so much worse.

I'm the master of failing(and unlocking) and if you do fail, you can always improve.

Never trying is definitely worse. I have some experience on such matters, and believe me when I say, you'll regret never having attempted at least once in the long-run, but you'll never regret having tried and failed, because you'll know that, through the failure, you got an experience out of it, one you wouldn't have gotten anywhere else.

For me Never trying was the worse cause time only could tell if you would fail in what your doing!

Example 1: Trying to jump from one rooftop to another on a bike.
Best course of action: Don't try.

Example 2: Go out and ask the love of your life out.
Best course of action: Try.


Final answer: Depends on the situation.

The worst thing between the two is never trying - even in situation with even a microcosm of gain. Always try new things - which its gain outweigh the loss of course.

I prefer failing than not even trying. Every time you fail, you will learn something. So it's like Failing = learning and Not trying = gay

As with all things, it depends on the act and/or choice. Yes, its better to fail and learn, but if the act is stupid enough, it will ruin your life, possibly beyond recovery.

Will taking a break from college and work for a while be good? Will having a child bring me peace? Will trying to hit on Maria Ozawa work? Go for it, man, and don't regret your choice (plus Maria Ozawa is also quite a gamer, so better look for her games, bro)

Will molesting my boss' daughter be good, knowing he's a mob boss? Would huffing 10 cans of spray paint be any good? WILL PUNCHING CHUCK NORRIS IN THE FACE-- oops, sorry, roundhouse kick in the ballsack. Ignorance is a bliss for these kinds of situations.

If you never try, you never fail, but you also don't get anywhere. Where as, if you try, you can make it somewhere, but it may not be where you want to be. I think it really depends on the situation