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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'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

Quotes by Eli Manning

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Elbert Hubbard

I speak Italian and a little bit of French. I moved to Trento, Italy, when I was around 10 to learn Italian. I have family there. I'm trying to restart my French. And then I want to get into Mandarin.

Quotes by Eiza Gonzalez

I'm not just some other rich girl who's trying to get a show.

Quotes by EJ Johnson

The devil is busy and trying to distort and adulterate the things that are the pure essence of God.

Quotes by El DeBarge

As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.

Quotes by Edward Tufte

You have that one basic string, but it can vibrate in many ways. But we're trying to get a lot of particles because experimental physicists have discovered a lot of particles.

Quotes by Edward Witten

If you are a researcher, you are trying to figure out what the question is as well as what the answer is.

Quotes by Edward Witten

Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in...

Quotes by Edward Zwick

If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

Quotes by Edward Norton

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.

Quotes by Edward James Olmos

Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.

Quotes by Edward Felten

Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward.

Quotes by Edward Felten

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal.

Quotes by Edward G. Robinson

When my lover Hubert Sorin was dying of AIDS, he was always trying to fix me up - posthumously, as it were - with the cute busboy at the hotel.

Quotes by Edmund White

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

Quotes by Eddie Van Halen

I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

Quotes by Eddy Arnold

One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.

Quotes by Eden Riegel

I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.

Quotes by Eddie Marsan

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.