ATTRIBUTED
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try
Attributed
Widely credited, but not traced to a source.
This quote is widely credited to the author across popular collections, but we haven't traced it to a primary published source. The attribution is plausible, but unconfirmed — cite it with care.
Editorial Note
This quote is popularly credited to both Gail Devers and John F. Kennedy. Neither attribution has a confirmed primary source. No JFK speech, letter, or interview containing this line has been located anywhere, including in the JFK Library's archive. The Devers attribution is commonly paired with her 2015 memoir, My Life in Story: Stronger (Tate Publishing), but this pairing could not be verified — we were unable to confirm the quote appears in the book or locate a page reference. We classify this as attributed rather than disputed, since only Devers has any documentary trail at all, however unconfirmed, while the JFK attribution has none.
