Who Said if at First You Dont Succeed Try and Try Again?

"If at first you don't succeed…"


THE LEGENDARY MOTIVATIONAL Proverb:

"'Tis a lesson you should heed:
Try, endeavour again.
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try once again."
       Popularized past William Edward Hickson (1803-1870)
       British philanthropist, music scholar and educational writer
       Lyrics from the first poetry of the vocal "Perseverance; Or Try Over again," printed in Hickson'southward book The Singing Main (1836)
       The saying "If at first y'all don't succeed, try, endeavor over again" comes from the initial stanza of a piece of work that began appearing in British and American books in the late 1830s and early 1840s, sometimes as song lyrics and sometimes as a verse form. Some sources claim information technology was coined by the British-born American publisher and author Thomas H. Palmer (1922-1861). Palmer did include what he cited as a verse form with those lines in a teacher's manual he published in 1840, as did several other guides for teachers published effectually the same time. But the aforementioned "poem" had previously been published in 1836 as the lyrics of the song "Perseverance; Or Endeavor Over again" by William Edward Hickson, in his book The Singing Master. Hickson wrote lyrics for a number of songs during his lifetime, most famously an updated version of the British national anthem "God Relieve the King." However, his volume The Singing Chief reprinted the lyrics of many existing songs for children, including pop plant nursery rhymes that had been put to music. And so, the "Perseverance" vocal, with the famed motivational saying in its first verse, may simply have been recorded rather than created past Hickson.


W.C. FIELDS' LEGENDARY COUNTERQUOTE:

"If at first you don't succeed, try, attempt again. And then quit. In that location's no utilize being a damn fool about it."
       Attributed to Due west.C. Fields (1880-1946)
       American comedian and histrion
       Variations of this sardonic quip accept been attributed to Fields since at least September 1949, when the version above was cited past Reader'due south Assimilate magazine. Frequently, it's given without the word "At that place'due south." Sometimes "no utilize" is replaced by "no point." If Fields did actually say one of these versions, it may accept been a quip he uttered in existent life, since it does not seem to be a line from any of his films.


THE PETER PRINCIPLE Application:

"If at showtime you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already."
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
       Canadian professor and author, all-time known for creating "The Peter Principle" and writing the book of the same proper noun (with Raymond Hull)
       This saying is widely attributed to Peter, but without a specific source. It does non seem to exist in any of the editions of his pop volume The Peter Principle, which was get-go published in 1969 and has remained in impress ever since. The book does include the variation "If at first y'all don't succeed, effort something else" — which he may accept stolen from the Fifties television Western Maverick.


PAPPY MAVERICK'S WISDOM:

"As my old Pappy used to say, 'If at commencement you don't succeed, attempt something else.'"
Bret Maverick (actor James Garner)
       The line above is i of the many sayings Bret attributed to his male parent Beau Maverick in diverse episodes of the archetype American Idiot box Western, Maverick , which ran from 1957 to 1962.
       Other $.25 of wisdom Bret cited every bit things "my one-time Pappy used to say" include:
"...a human being does what he has to do, if he can't go out of information technology."
            "...man is the simply animate being yous can skin more than once."
            "...never play in a rigged game, unless you rig it yourself."
            "...never cry over spilled milk; it could've been whiskey."
            "...early to bed and early to rising is the expletive of the working course."
            "...if the Lord had more respect for coin, He would accept given it to a higher form of people."


THE SKYDIVING SURVIVAL MAXIM:

"If at start y'all don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you."
Steven Wright
       American comedian
       This dry joke is commonly attributed to Wright, who apparently used it in his stand-up routine. However, some other version is commonly attributed to comedian Henny Youngman, and other variations take long been popular among skydiving enthusiasts, suggesting that it may be take been, er, floating effectually for many the years.
       Wright is also normally credited with another good "try once more" takeoff: "If at showtime you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."


THE HUSBANDS SURVIVAL MAXIM:

"If at first you don't succeed, practice it the way your wife told you."
       A popular t-shirt, carte and sign slogan, actualization in several variations. (The case shown at left is a sign bachelor from Amazon.com.)

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