Welcome to Trying Quotes, a curated collection of insightful and motivational quotes designed to inspire and uplift you on your journey of growth and self-discovery. Whether you’re seeking encouragement during challenging times, motivation to pursue your dreams, or simply a dose of positivity to brighten your day, you’ll find a wealth of wisdom encapsulated in these carefully selected quotations.
Life is a journey filled with twists and turns, victories and setbacks, moments of joy and periods of uncertainty. Along the way, we often find ourselves grappling with the complexities of trying, striving, and persevering. Through the timeless words of philosophers, authors, and thought leaders, Trying Quotes offers solace and guidance, reminding us of the power of resilience, determination, and optimism in the face of adversity.
Below, you’ll discover an array of quotes spanning various themes, from resilience and courage to ambition and perseverance. Feel free to take these words of wisdom and infuse them into your daily life – whether by writing them down, sharing them with others, or creating visually appealing images with stylish fonts. Let these quotes serve as beacons of light, guiding you through life’s challenges and inspiring you to embrace the journey with courage and grace.
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run. Abraham Lincoln
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything. Magnus Carlsen
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something. Neil Gaiman
Celebrate the excitement of trying build something new and wonderful. Abhijit Banerjee
A winner never stops trying. Tom Landry
I’m really interested in trying to tell stories about women that don’t involve romantic components. That’s so much a part of the way we feel about female characters and their needs that it feels like it’s built in – but I’d like to find a way that it’s not. There are so many more stories than that. Greta Gerwig
I don’t think that people accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. It seems like religion and myth were invented against that, trying to make sense out of it. David Lynch
They say a midget standing on a giant’s shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am. Jay-Z
I’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else. Conor McGregor
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love. Marilyn Monroe
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. John Locke
I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human. John Trudell
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. J. Donald Walters
Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don’t just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It’s a daily struggle. Jackee Harry
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditka
Men do not fail; they give up trying. Elihu Root
Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody. Jim Elliot
If someone decides they’re not going to be happy, it’s not your problem. You don’t have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity. Joyce Meyer
So now I’m left with cigarettes, and I’m trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I’ll be done. Diane Lane
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington
The past is the past, but if you’re overanalyzing or trying to repeat it, you’re gonna get stuck. I just had a wonderful youth, and I loved everything about it, so I really try and hang on to it. Chris Evans
Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I’m just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life. Slash
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. Princess Diana
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. Nadia Boulanger
We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives. Les Brown
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards. David Soul
Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives. Anthony Bourdain
I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn’t an R&B singer or nothing. Not an R&B singer. I didn’t do no melodic songs, none of that yet. A Boogie wit da Hoodie
We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out. Colin Mochrie
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. Peter Drucker
My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent. Jennifer Ehle
Whether it’s a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game – I play the same. I’m always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win. Lionel Messi
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Jeff Bezos
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. Max Planck
Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It’s okay to lose, to die, but don’t die without trying, without giving it your best. Walter Payton
All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. Tupac Shakur
Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane. Ron White
I’m always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums. MF Doom
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London
We grow small trying to be great. E. Stanley Jones
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world? Ramana Maharshi
Old habits die hard, and if you’re not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you’re trying to become. Lecrae
Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it’s giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you’d be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you’ve taken. Hoda Kotb
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan
Trying to change before you’re ready isn’t likely to be productive. For example, most New Year’s resolutions don’t last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it’s going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure. Amy Morin
The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences – beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you. Twinkle Khanna
I see myself as a student. Trying to learn everything. Giannis Antetokounmpo
Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go. Brent Faiyaz
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Toni Morrison
Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. George Burns
There is no failure except in no longer trying. Elbert Hubbard
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman
Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don’t get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people. Damian Lillard
Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who’s only texting you back three words. I’ve learned that from trying to figure out people who don’t deserve to be figured out. Taylor Swift
Don’t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them. Stacy London
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. Alan Watts
I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‘I’m a Christian.’ I always think, ‘Already? You’ve already got it?’ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96. Maya Angelou
I’m not trying to be different. To me, I’m just being myself. Jaylen Brown
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying. Tom Hopkins
The most important thing, in anything you do, is always trying your hardest, because even if you try your hardest and it’s not as good as you’d hoped, you still have that sense of not letting yourself down. Tom Holland
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Robert Greene
I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn’t serious because I was smart. I wasn’t like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious – like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school. J. Cole
Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down. Mitch Hedberg
I haven’t lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that’s from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them. Kevin Costner
I’m just trying to show people that I ain’t gotta ride off no movement. I can ride off myself. Lil Durk
Basically what I’m trying to tell you is that it’s almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you’re in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don’t recommend it. DJ Khaled
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong. Ella Fitzgerald
Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better. Stefon Diggs
I’m still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. Clemantine Wamariya
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
It’s remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent. Charlie Munger
I ain’t here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I’m just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that’s the way yall need Jesus. Kanye West
I know I haven’t always done things the right way. I’m just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist. Future
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. Barack Obama
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. Gustav Mahler
I’m always trying to prove to my 17-year-old self that I can do creative things I thought weren’t possible. Virgil Abloh
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things. Frank A. Clark
If you’re you, it doesn’t matter if you’re the most boring person in the world: someone will like you. You’re not trying to be anyone else. Lil Uzi Vert
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are. Anne Lamott
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. Henry Ford
Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying. Kevin Feige
There’s no medals for trying. This isn’t like eighth grade where everybody gets a trophy. We are in a professional sport, and it is competitive to win. That’s what we do. Bill Belichick
Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying. Bear Grylls
I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around. Elvis Presley
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before. Rafael Nadal
I love new restaurants; I love trying out new foods. Monica Seles
It’s basically the story of my life. Trying to paint the prettiest picture I can with the colors I have. Caleb Plant
If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion. Elon Musk
In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It’s trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems. Shelley Winters
I’m not trying to make friends, I’m trying to make money. Kevin O’Leary
It’s a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself. Dale Earnhardt
History isn’t just the story of bad people doing bad things. It’s quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong. C. S. Lewis
Even a fool knows you can’t touch the stars, but it won’t keep the wise from trying. Harry Anderson
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. Will Rogers