Trying quotes
18.3K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside trying — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth."
"I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that."
"The greatest mistake marketers make is trying to create demand."
"The world is like a dropped pie most of the time. Don't kill yourself trying to put it back together. Just grab a fork and eat some of it off the floor. Then carry on."
"Isaiah Berlin once said that there are two kinds of writers, hedgehogs and foxes. He said the fox knows many things, the hedgehog knows just one thing. So Shakespeare is a typical fox; Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are typical hedgehogs. Now, I'm a typical hedgehog. I know just one thing, and I repeat it over and over again. I try to approach it from different angles to make it look different, but it's the same thing."
"I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that."
"I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else."
"You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie."
"The truth about not having everything you need, not being fully equipped or qualified or allowed is that these limits are the nebula of creative genius. When you have total freedom i.e: no limits at all. You stop trying to make the best of things"
"Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections."
"I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it"
"Never try to outstubborn a cat."
"...never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to do but fold your arms and the tide will carry you to freedom."
"Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it."
"Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and strive for patience, if you can."
"People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide."
"I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about."
"Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit."
"Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire."
"Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible."
