Quotes About Trying

Don't waste your time trying to be reasonable, men do not expect it, and it disconcerts them.

You'd be better served if you gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It's the least a gentleman can do. And you're such a gentleman. Not with you, love. But I'm trying.

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?

But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

When you are absorbed in a biographical subject, you get so close you don't realise the potential effect of what you say. You are trying to get at the truth.

I am pretty bad at doing my makeup myself, so these days, I am learning from a makeup artist. I treat my face as a sketchbook and am gradually trying things that I learned from the artist.

When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'

I'm just trying to give the best human expression that I can to any particular genre, which could be comedy, could be drama, could be horror, could be thriller.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

My fame had become annoying for my enemies, and a little trying, I confess, for my friends.

There was no point trying to escape her loneliness through a new interest.

Anything was better than waiting in that hole trying to figure out what to think about in his last moments on earth, waiting to be plumed or slaughtered. He'd rather die trying to live.

All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.

I am inclined to think said I. I should do so, Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but Ill admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. Really, Holmes, said I severely, you are a little trying at times.

How feasible do you think that is? About as feasible as me fitting into the petite sizes at the clothing store. I can try, but it's never going to work.

I don't fear the future. I fear letting it pass by me, without ever trying to make it mine.

The greatest threat to success is fear of failure/unwillingness to keep on trying. Oh! Yes, if you can conquer that. Then, you can & will surely achieve a lot of things in your lifetime.

Essentially, we're always trying to reduce latency. As you try to reduce the latency of the experience, you can only get it down so far before we start running into the limitations of game engines, computing, the intensity of the experience you're trying to compute.

But I'm trying not to be cynical - I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. It's really amazing what's happening to me.

'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous.

Most people don't cry when they're upset or frightened, but rather when they're frustrated. Your frustration is understandable. You've been through a most trying time." -Hodge

I just really am trying, trying, all the time. But I like to be scared. I love to suddenly feel out of control.

I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.