Whoever convinces himself that he is not worthy of first position has doomed himself to failure from the very beginning.

I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

Never venture, never win!

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you will be doomed if you don’t try.

There’s no better guarantee of failure than convincing yourself that success is impossible, and therefore never even trying.

If you don't pay the price for success, you'll pay the price for failure.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

...if we never try, we shall never succeed.

If they lacked the opportunity, the strength of their sprit would have been sapped; if they had lacked ability, the opportunity would have been wasted.

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

He who hesitates is lost.

The reward may be uncertain, but our doom is inevitable unless we try.

When I have <i>tried</i> and failed, I shall have failed.