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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. -- Michael Jordan
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
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
Above all, try something -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Try to be better than yourself. -- William Faulkner
The only failure is not to try. -- George Clooney
Anyone who doesn't make mistakes isn't trying hard enough. -- Wess Roberts
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. -- Beverly Sills
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try. -- Jack Canfield
If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito. -- Anita Roddick
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -- Bill Cosby
Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. -- Lloyd Jones
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. -- W. C. Fields
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -- Thomas A. Edison
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. -- Gustav Mahler
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. -- Dale Carnegie
I try. I am trying. I was trying. I will try. I shall in the meantime try. I sometimes have tried. I shall still by that time be trying. -- Diane Glancy
You can spend your whole life trying to be popular, but at the end of the day, the size of the crowd at your funeral will be largely dictated by the weather. -- Frank Skinner
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
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. -- Oprah Winfrey
What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you're slamming your head against the wall. So it's nice to make a breakthrough and not kind of lying there with your head bleeding. -- Lewis Black
The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find a missing link and put it in the story, you suddenly need all these other missing links to connect to the new discovery. The gaps and questions actually increase - it's extraordinary. -- David Attenborough
Trying is always enough. -- Patricia Briggs
Trying is failing with honor -- James Arthur Ray
Trying and acheiving are two different things. -- Tim Gunn
Trying to force creativity is never good. -- Sarah McLachlan
Trying is the first step to failure -- Homer
Trying is the first step toward failure. -- Homer
Trying will do anything in this world. -- Theocritus
Trying to be hot, but looking not -- akanksha sharma
Trying to keep up with current slang sucks. -- Keith Waterhouse
Trying is only emphasizing the thing we know. -- F. Matthias Alexander
Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing. -- John Kessel
Trying to double talk, get myself in trouble talk. -- Robert Palmer
Nothing is lost forever. Trying keeps the hope alive. -- Takeshi Kaneshiro
Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural. -- George Stephen
Trying to understand women is a tall order period. -- Ricky Schroder
Trying to give back a little bit is important. -- Mark Goddard
Trying to find a heart that's not walking away. -- Mat Kearney
Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Trying is just a noisy way of not doing something. -- Ken Blanchard
Trying to say something is all you got in life. -- Ty Segall
Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity -- Terry Crews
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion. -- Radhanath Swami
Trying to convey an emotion through words is not easy. -- Kris Allen
Trying to act normal is the most unnatural behavior of all. -- Sharyn McCrumb
Trying to play the new concept with a outward bound feeling. -- Eric Dolphy
Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman? -- Sarah Jessica Parker
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in. -- Katharine Hepburn
Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock & roll. -- Jon Bon Jovi
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. -- Colin Powell
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. -- Henry Ford
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. -- Toni Morrison
Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision. -- Herbie Hancock
I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself. -- Rebecca Loos
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. -- W. Clement Stone
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. -- Tupac Shakur
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
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
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'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective. -- Tim Tebow
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. -- Nayvadius Cash
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
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. -- Michael Jordan
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
When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book. -- Kate Bernheimer
I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that's from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. -- Jay-Z
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few. -- Brene Brown
As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime. -- Noam Chomsky
Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time. -- Mike Singletary
I don't have time for their judgement and their stupidity and you know they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and look at their loser lives and then they look at me and they say, 'I can't process it' well, no, you never will stop trying, just sit back and enjoy the show. You know? -- Charlie Sheen
Did you ever spell a word so bad that your spell check has absolutely no clue what you're trying to spell? What do you end up getting, you end up getting, like, a question mark. You got a million dollars of technology just looking back at you like, 'You got me, buddy. Which is pretty amazing because I have all the words.' -- Bill Burr
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it. -- Kristin Armstrong
Never quit trying. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Stop trying to predict... -- Warren Buffett
Without trying, I'm different. -- Paul Wellstone
Nothing's hopeless except never trying. -- C. J. Cherryh
Isn't (life) all about trying? -- Michael Jordan
I'm trying to remain unfamous. -- Anwar Robinson
I love trying new restaurants. -- Dana Goodyear
I'm just trying to matter. -- June Carter Cash
I'm trying not to change. -- Jennifer Lawrence
A winner never stops trying. -- Tom Landry
We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia -- Chris Patten
I'm not trying to prove anything. -- Rita Wilson
Conflict is growth trying to happen. -- Julie Holland MD
I'm not trying to become popular. -- Jack Abramoff
Conflict is growth trying to happen. -- Julie Holland MD
Keep trying, your success is certain. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I am always trying to write. -- Joanna Newsom
The only failure is not trying. -- Robin Sharma
I'm trying to drink more water. -- Heather Donahue
I'm trying to change the world. -- Kid Cudi
Shhhhh, I am trying to read. -- Anna del C. Dye
I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy. -- Steve Yzerman
The important thing is to keep trying -- Keiichi Tsuchiya
I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior. -- Laurie Anderson
I look forward to trying the Internet. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I'm gonna live forever, or die trying. -- Joseph Heller
No one's trying to get with jugglers. -- Aziz Ansari
If you're not cheating, you're not trying! -- Eddie Guerrero
I'm trying to make myself sound better. -- Alden Ehrenreich
If you ain't holding, you ain't trying. -- Lyle Alzado
Doing your best means never stop trying. -- Benjamin Franklin
I'm trying to grow older with wisdom. -- Alek Wek
I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush. -- Mitt Romney
Saints are only sinners who keep trying. -- Mother Teresa
The warrior is always trying to improve. -- Paulo Coelho
We never do great things without trying. -- Reinhard Bonnke
Die trying" is the proudest human thing. -- Robert A. Heinlein
I'm trying to practice owning less stuff. -- Alexandra Paul
If you aren't failing, you aren't trying. -- Woody Allen
If trying harder doesn't work, try softer. -- Lily Tomlin
Nothing has ever been achieved without trying -- Alex Munoz
Be the change you're trying to create -- Mahatma Gandhi
Republican governors trying to suppress the vote. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel
I'm not trying to do conceptual art. -- Peter Sotos

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