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Trying Quotes

Sometimes the effort matters more than the outcome.

This collection finds humor and sincerity in the act of trying - baseball becoming enjoyable again only after quitting the attempt to play it, and a small reading ritual used to get through a demanding project. Related reading in I Am Quotes.

I have to switch my own mentality into a winning mode, not playing for myself or trying to be selfish.

Quotes by Manny Machado

What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.

Quotes by Malorie Blackman

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

Quotes by Malcolm Gladwell

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

Quotes by Malcolm Mclaren

I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.

Quotes by Maia Mitchell

I've always been a very visual creator. I make mood boards or sit with coloured pencils and scribble and try and figure out what I'm trying to work through musically.

Quotes by Maggie Rogers

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

Quotes by Magnus Carlsen

Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.

Quotes by Maggie Gallagher

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.

Quotes by Maddie Ziegler

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

Quotes by Madeleine Albright

I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.

Quotes by M. Stanton Evans

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was...

Quotes by M. Ward

I'm just trying to be myself and encourage other young women to be themselves.

Quotes by Mabel

In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.

Quotes by Mac Davis

I had a band called the Sound Of Love, and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout...

Quotes by Mac DeMarco

I don't want a job, and I think I've been trying my hardest to make sure I don't have a job.

Quotes by Mac DeMarco

During this earlier period of his activity Voltaire seems to have been trying - half unconsciously, perhaps - to discover and to express the fundamental quality of his genius.

Quotes by Lytton Strachey

I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it.

Quotes by Lynn Nottage

I'm trying to get at something a little transcendent between humans. But at the same time, there's all that baggage: What's beautiful about humans is what's balanced by what's kind of ugly and petty and depressing.

Quotes by Lynn Coady

Frequently Asked Questions

What different situations involve 'trying' in these quotes?
They range from quitting the attempt to play a sport, to trying to make a film while reading Jane Austen on breaks, to trying to comply with tax obligations, to always trying to find creative inspiration.
Is there a quote about giving up trying to play a sport?
Yes. One speaker jokes that "Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it," suggesting a career benefited more from stepping back than continuing to play. For more first-person humor, see Me quotes.
Is there a quote about reading during a break from filming?
Yes - one speaker recalls trying to make 'Metropolitan' and reading "a page of two of Jane Austen as a palate-cleanser" during breaks. Browse Like quotes for more personal anecdotes.
Is there a quote about trying to comply with taxes?
Yes. One speaker says, "I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply," describing an ongoing effort to stay compliant. For more on consistent effort, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about trying to find creative inspiration?
Yes - one speaker says they're "always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things." For more first-person creative reflections, see I Am quotes.

Other lines cover the ongoing effort to stay compliant with obligations and to keep finding fresh inspiration from other artists. Continue with Always Quotes or Me Quotes.