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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.

Wherever the good stories are, I'm trying to place myself there.

Quotes by Letitia Wright

I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.

Quotes by Letitia Wright

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying.

Quotes by Lev Grossman

Working moms elevate themselves above stay-at-home moms, and stay-at-home moms try to put down working moms. It's a war in which both sides are trying to put the other one down.

Quotes by Leslie Morgan Steiner

It's about polarization. You're trying to stir up something in your audience.

Quotes by Leslie Odom, Jr.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Quotes by Lester B. Pearson

I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.

Quotes by Leslie Caron

I can't think of anything more exciting than trying to be an actor.

Quotes by Leslie Howard

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table.

Quotes by Leslie Jamison

I don't really listen to bassists - not anymore. When I was younger, I listened to those guys and was trying to figure out everything they did. Nowadays, I draw inspiration from everybody.

Quotes by Les Claypool

I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together.

Quotes by Leonard Cohen

St. Louis is more humid. But after a while, the heat started taking a toll on us, so we started rotating a little more up front trying to stay fresh out here.

Quotes by Leonard Little

I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was.

Quotes by Leon Russell

I'm happy 'bout life. Still trying. I ain't giving up on life.

Quotes by Leon Spinks

Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.

Quotes by Leon Uris

'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.

Quotes by Leonard Bacon

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.

Quotes by Leo McCarey

Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language.

Quotes by Leo Ornstein

Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

Quotes by Leo Ornstein

It's not that I'm afraid to be tagged with the label of right-wing or even centre-right; I just don't believe it properly describes either the choice that we face politically or what I'm trying to say.

Quotes by Leo Varadkar

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.