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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.

My love of performers is not really different than my love for painters. Everyone's really high-strung and trying to do the best they can.

Quotes by Hilton Als

'Blackbird' is a really beautiful song, and I actually recently started trying to learn it, and it's beautiful.

Quotes by Himesh Patel

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

Quotes by Hina Khan

What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.

Quotes by Hideo Kojima

I love throwing down the gauntlet and trying our hand at that new tech.

Quotes by Hidetaka Miyazaki

I ate a bug once. It was flying around me. I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth. It was so gross!

Quotes by Hilary Duff

I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims, they are not totally dedicated to this country. They are not dedicated to our Constitution....

Quotes by Herman Cain

I was allergic to school. I was completely befuddled by school. I was trying so hard, but I couldn't succeed. I took geometry for four years, the same course over and over again, and I did not graduate with my...

Quotes by Henry Winkler

One of the headaches of high-tech test programmes is having to debug the test arrangements before you can start debugging the things you're trying to test.

Quotes by Henry Spencer

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

Quotes by Henry Miller

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.

Quotes by Henry Kissinger

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions.

Quotes by Henry L. Stimson

I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life.

Quotes by Henry Flynt

Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film.

Quotes by Henry Fonda

Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.

Quotes by Henry Adams

Stray cattle roam every lane and alley, but we are building cow shelters and trying to resolve the problem.

Quotes by Hema Malini

I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

Quotes by Helen Reddy

I met a bunch of comic-book writers at the Metropolis convention and there was such an interesting discussion about the story of 'Supergirl' and trying to get it right. It can be a challenge, because you don't want it to...

Quotes by Helen Slater

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.

Quotes by Helen Gahagan

A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.

Quotes by Helen Dunmore

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.