Quotes About Trying

I'm tired of being lost and I'm tired of dying, so I'm going to try something different this time.

A part of me, of course, was reminding myself over and over and over again that I should never have tried to lie to the higher angels of the Ephorate. Hubris, the Greeks called that. "A dumbshit move," might be a more contemporary way of putting it.

I seem to be allergic to diligence, and Lola said, Ha. What you're allergic to is trying.

By the sheer act of writing, we are trying to place value on the stories that we're invested in.

Any experiment that can benefit by one hairsbreadth any single human life is a thousand times worth trying.

Guys are going to be physical, especially with me being the young guy. That tends to happen a lot. It's just guys trying to be stronger and bigger than me, so they're just trying to be more physical.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.

Dare to share and in doing so you multiply your results without even trying...

One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty, until you try. —Sophocles

Clearly, there are things a runner does, intentionally or not, that disrupt team cohesion. And there are also things a runner doesn't do that can cause problems: not trying, showing up late, skipping team-building activities, and ignoring the coach's instructions.

There are so many people that would be lined up to get their cut that even trying to finance a reboot of 'Frasier' would be nightmarish.

The world of the warriors is the world of trying. We try to change the world that we don't like, and we keep trying, and trying, and trying, and the war looks endless.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was.

It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them.

So, what do I do?' she asked. 'You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you ... You try again. You fail better.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

Lord Fangatooth held up his fist and said, "This is a game of murder, my friend, and I mean to win it or die trying!

Weeks later, she said: 'The guy was about middle-aged. All his things right there in his yard. No lie. We got real pissed and danced. In the driveway. Oh, my God. Don't laugh. He played us these records. Look at this record-player. The old guy gave it to us. And all these crappy records. Will you look at this shit?' She kept talking. She told everyone. There was more to it, and she was trying to get it talked out. After a time, she quit trying

He was too detached from the family to start trying in one evening to check himself into a place where there was currently no vacancy.

I think the basketball gods will get you every time if you start trying to mess with the game. You've got to take what the schedule gives you, or who the standings give you.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

I take a lot of satisfaction in trying to make my land as self-contained as possible, its own little mini environment. Minimal outputs; minimal inputs.

Uncertainty is where new value is created. Everything you want in life is on the other side of all your excuses for not trying.