147 Try Quotes

Following is our list of try quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about sometimes trying too hard.

Famous Try Quotes

Try a little harder to be a little better. — Gordon B. Hinckley

The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much. — Benjamin Hoff

Obvious effort is the antithesis of grace. — Baldassare Castiglione

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

It's not enough just to be real; you have to try to make it interesting or entertaining. — Owen Wilson

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing. — David Letterman

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything. — Confucius

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities. — Derren Brown

Try and fail,but don't fail to try. — John Quincy Adams

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad. — Stephen King

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. — Vince Lombardi

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. — George Will

Trying to get everything, you often get nothing. — Filipino Proverbs

The important thing is to keep trying — Keiichi Tsuchiya

Trying is the coolest thing you can do. If you're going to do something, do it well. — Sahil Bloom

Short Try Quotes

• If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. — Maya Angelou
• A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. — Albert Einstein
• The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. — Robert Baden-Powell
• We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
• Show me a man who has never made a mistake, and I will show you one who has never tried anything. — Albert Einstein
• If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. — Dalai Lama
• Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• There is nothing impossible to him who will try. — Alexander The Great
• Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. — Rene Descartes
• If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best? — Garrett Morgan

Try Image Quotes

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. — Shams Tabrizi

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. — Thomas Henry Huxley

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. — Mark Twain

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it. — Chester Bennington

Do or Do not, there is no try. — Yoda

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years. — Blaise Pascal

Try to be the king, but the ace is back. — Dr. Dre

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? — Pablo Picasso

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them — John Bosco

Time is so limited. Don’t waste it trying to be someone else. — Steve Jobs

Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost. — Henry James

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else. — Ann Landers

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish. — Gene Tierney

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer. — Brené Brown

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. — Albert Einstein

Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. — Jackie Chan

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. — Beverly Sills

You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable. — Cathy Freeman

Sometimes Trying Too Hard Quotes

Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is almost a given. Some people are unapologetic about how blatantly they represent who they are through what they wear or drive. Subtlety is in short supply. — Michael C. Hall

Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad and you want to help the team so badly that you end up trying too much instead of letting the play come to you. — Ed Belfour

Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. — Jon Krakauer

It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way. — Steve Martin

Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy. — Frederick Lenz

What some people wanted was sometimes too hard to get, and the stress of trying was sometimes too hard to deal with... Maybe doing well in life was just too hard for some people. — Walter Dean Myers

I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It's like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, 'I think you try too hard in your comedy.' And that's what I worry about. — Bo Burnham

It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight. — Peg Bracken

Not Trying Too Hard Quotes

People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach — Marguerite de Navarre

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out. — Nate Diaz

You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine. — Kit Harington

Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard. — Maggie Smith

What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your authority then you don't have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard. — Patrick Stewart

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low. — Chase Utley

The worst is when men try too hard, because it's not very masculine. Your outfit has to look like 'Oh, I just grabbed that.' Not too calculated. Jeans, a t-shirt: the simpler the better. — Eva Green

It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic integrity, which, of course, I've never bought into - with any artist. It's just not a real thing. — David Bowie

I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself. — Al Pacino

Some people say the things I do are annoying because I'm intentionally trying too hard to be relatable, but I'm really not. It's never really been my intention; I've never gone out of my way to be relatable to anyone. I just say what I want, and I'm pretty blunt about things. — Lili Reinhart

Trying Too Hard To Be Liked Quotes

We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard. If it was all just animals and rocks and lettuce, the gods wouldn't feel like they had enough to do. — Miranda July

If I feel like I'm going too far in one direction, I just can it. It's a weird thing. Some of my songs might be cheesy; I try and keep it light. It's hard to explain. — Mac DeMarco

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble. — Ice T

I just don't like showing everything I've got. I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard to be sexy. — Elisha Cuthbert

I've been lucky - all the ads I've got, I've got to be myself. I haven't had to act too much or tried too hard to be someone I'm not. I think that's why people sort of like them. Even the Fastrack ads I did with Genelia. — Virat Kohli

I hate to say stuff like this because everyone dreams about playing The Opry, everyone dreams about playing Gruene Hall, but I've always tried to not concentrate too hard on where I want to go because I know if I put too much stock into it, it would be pretty disappointing if I never got there. — Cody Johnson

I like to take my time and not try to put too much pressure on myself, but it's hard. I think I forget every time - you give birth and you want your stomach to be flat again. — Kourtney Kardashian

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked. — Jess Weixler

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least. — Jennie Finch

Trying Hard Quotes

Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out. — Al Capone

There's nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that. — Lewis Grizzard

But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite — Rick Riordan

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. — Theodore Roosevelt

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know. — Bill W.

Like I said, as long as I'm consistent and I try to put my best foot forward, and work as hard as I possibly can, everything else will fall into place - God'll take care of everything. — Joe Budden

Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself. — Phil Jackson

I love you just the way you are but you don't see you like I do. You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you. — Bo Burnham

I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward. — Cindy McCain

People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression. — Byron Katie

Trying So Hard Quotes

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. — Samuel McChord Crothers

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. — Ralph Ransom

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. — Jim Morrison

Im a hard worker, and everything with me is, if I work hard, I should get paid for it. Everything with me, I try to symbolize something flashy like jewelry or a car. The rubbing hands is a symbol of hustling, so it goes back to the money. — Birdman

I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy. — Faith Ringgold

I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now. — William Kempe

We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want... and then not take it personally. If you feel hurt, you have to recognize that they are not hurting you because you are you, but because they are them. You have to try not to be so hard on yourself. — Krishna Das

We try so hard to hide everything we're really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most. People try to bottle up their emotions, as if it's somehow wrong to have natural reactions to life. — Colleen Hoover

I don’t write to make investing easy. I write to show how hard it is so that people won’t try tricks that they can’t do. — Howard Marks

Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen. — Lydia Lunch

Working Too Hard Quotes

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion. — T. D. Jakes

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend. — Harry S. Truman

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition. — John Smith

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. — Mia Hamm

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms. — Alice Walker

I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it with my own hands. — Howard Hughes

People who are lying are, understandably, more worried about being believed, so they work harder - too hard, as it were - at being believable. — Chris Voss

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.' — Josh Peck

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique. — Don Meyer

Life is too short to work so hard. — Vivien Leigh

Trying Really Hard Quotes

I tried calorie restriction and couldn't do it. It's really hard to be hungry all the time. — David Sinclair

Safety is not just about trying really hard and being really careful. — Jensen Huang

I talked to Snoop Doggy Dog today. Well I'm not sure if you could really call it talked because I could hardly understand what he was saying. But i think he was trying to communicate was that he wanted to work with me in some sort of capacity and something involving marijuana. — Marilyn Manson

I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book. — Neil Jordan

You can't really discover the most interesting conflicts and problems in a subject until you've tried to write about them. At that point, one discovers discontinuities in the data, perhaps, or in one's own thinking; then the act of writing forces you to work harder to resolve these contradictions. — Anthony F. C. Wallace

When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates. — Nhat Hanh

I promise you, a lot of it is luck. But you make your own luck by working really hard and trying lots and lots of things. — Kevin Systrom

Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness. — Kevyn Aucoin

It’s really simple actually. It’s just, try and make people happy. Maybe you have to learn with time. Maybe you have to learn it the hard way. But as long as you learn it, you’re going to make the world a better place. — Zach Sobiech

I see so many bands, that are trying really hard to write for a person that they've never met. I get the idea behind it and the idea of helping people, but I feel you help people more by exposing yourself. — Andy Biersack

Trying My Hardest Quotes

I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it. — Hailee Steinfeld

I'm trying my hardest to get you so wrapped up in me you never leave. — Abbi Glines

As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche. — Joan Miro

Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you. — Felicity Jones

Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are. — Emmy Rossum

The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track. — Cathy Freeman

I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough. — Christy Carlson Romano

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint. — Mahatma Gandhi

Live long enough and you'll disappoint everyone. People think you're able to help them and usually you can't. And so it becomes a process of choosing the one or two people you try hardest not to disappoint. The person in my life I am determined not to disappoint is you. — Dave Eggers

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. — Kristi Yamaguchi

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More Try Quotes

It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline. — Sid Waddell

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. — Michael Chang

A winner never stops trying. — Tom Landry

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. — John D. Rockefeller

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail Better. — Samuel Beckett

When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me' — Miley Cyrus

Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals. — Shantideva

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. — Ella Fitzgerald

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez — Rick Riordan

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. — Rahul Dravid

Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it. — C. S. Lewis

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. — Charles Dickens

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves. — Andrew Carnegie

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. — George Edward Woodberry

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible. — Sun Ra

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are. — Denis Waitley

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying. — Kristin Davis

We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out. — Colin Mochrie

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work. — William Feather

How long should you try? Until. — Jim Rohn

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