Who said "I learned that the only failure is the failure to try."?

This quote is attributed to John Wanamaker.

I learned that the only failure is the failure to try. - John Wanamaker

"I learned that the only failure is the failure to try."

John Wanamaker Courage

Retail Innovator American 1838–1922

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