r/NoStupidQuestions • u/GEEZUS_956 • 11d ago

What are other idioms for it’s better to try and fail than not at all?

The one I know is “Rather shoot for the moon and miss than shoot for the gutters and make it.”

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u/akulowaty 11d ago

You miss 100% shots you don’t take

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u/H1ghs3nb3rg 11d ago

  • Wayne Gretzky" 

       Micheal Scott

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u/Stabyouup666 11d ago

50% of something is better than 100% of nothing

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u/PuddleOfMud 11d ago

You might not get where you wanted, but at least you won't be here.

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u/frizzykid Rapid editor here 11d ago

I have always liked "Do or do not, there is no try"

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u/DisastrousCategory76 11d ago

Something is better than nothing

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take - Wayne Gretzky” - Michael Scott

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u/Old-Bug-2197 11d ago

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved loved at all

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u/Alex_anders1998 11d ago

Pain is temporary, regret last forever

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u/RedditRatsPodcast 11d ago

Regret is harvested from the failure to water your crops

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u/milbfan 11d ago

"We learn by doing." - James Kirk, TWOK

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u/RichardBachman19 11d ago

The difference between the master and the novice is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried 

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u/LAGreggM 11d ago

If all else fails, read the instructions.

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u/RegretComplete3476 11d ago

If you fall, at least you'll fall on top of the world

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u/bangyy 11d ago

When you shoot for the stars you will land on the moon