Trying Quotes
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“Trying to find something solid to hold on to in this rolling sea of thoughts”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down

“The hardest lessons come from the solutions people, who are already a little disappointed that I am not saving myself. There is always a nutritional supplement, Bible verse or mental process I have not adequately tried. “Keep smiling! Your attitude determines your destiny!â€� said a stranger named Jane in an email, having heard my news somewhere, and I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy.”
― Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
― Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

“You have to live each hour as if it’s your last,â€� she said, “and each day as if you were immortal. When my father grew ill, he had so many regrets. There were so many things he wished he’d done, he told me. He’d always assumed he had more time. That’s something I’ve always carried with me. Why on earth do you think I decided to attempt the flute at such an advanced age? Everyone told me I was too old, that to be truly good at it I had to have started as a child. But that’s not the point, really. I don’t need to be truly good. I just need to enjoy it for myself. And I need to know I tried.”
― The Viscount Who Loved Me
― The Viscount Who Loved Me

“At the end of your life what you will regret the most is not the mistakes that you made â€� what you will regret the most are the things that you never tried.”
― Life Capsules for Success: 50 Energy Capsules to Speed Boost You Towards Your Success, Now!
― Life Capsules for Success: 50 Energy Capsules to Speed Boost You Towards Your Success, Now!

“I was sitting on my mom's couch that summer, staring into the so-called abyss, seeing the endless and incomprehensible nothingness where Josh's friendship used to be, when I came to the startling realization that if there really is no reason to do anything, then there is also no reason to not do anything; that in the face of the inevitability of death,there is no reason to ever give in to one's fear or embarrassment or shame, since it's all just a bunch of nothing anyway; and that by spending the majority of my short life avoiding what was painful and uncomfortable, I had essentially been avoiding being alive at all.”
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“If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.”
― Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
― Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“Raffaele says you are lost forever. That you are beyond help. I think he's wrong, but sheds tears for you and shakes his head. I'm trying to convince him." Her whispers turn urgent. "I think I'll try again tomorrow."
I reach up and angrily wipe my tears away. "I don't understand you," I whisper back. "Why do you have to keep trying?"
Violetta's lips tremble with effort. "You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others." Her gray eyes slide downward, away from my face, until her gaze rests on the lantern burning low near the tent flap. "It is hard. I know you are trying.”
― The Midnight Star
I reach up and angrily wipe my tears away. "I don't understand you," I whisper back. "Why do you have to keep trying?"
Violetta's lips tremble with effort. "You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others." Her gray eyes slide downward, away from my face, until her gaze rests on the lantern burning low near the tent flap. "It is hard. I know you are trying.”
― The Midnight Star

“All I get is calluses? They'll be the best calluses in the world.”
― The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium
― The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium

“I wish I could ask the future whether I should give up or keep trying. Then again, what if trying, even in the face of certain failure, feels as good as accomplishing? What if it's even better? And here we are again.”
― 300 Arguments: Essays
― 300 Arguments: Essays

“No one accomplishes anything if they decide before they begin that the task is too difficult. I'd rather attempt the impossible and fail than consign myself to failure before even making the attempt.”
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“If you see improvement with some practice, you will see perfection with more practice.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words

“He tried?â€� she screamed. “It is not enough to try!â€� she screamed again. “He promised me! He promised us!”
― the dog
― the dog
“Remember when you are about to do something great or big. Giving up is always the first and the easiest option.Don’t fall for it, it wants to trap you from your brighter and better successful future.”
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“I’m grateful to God for the eyes in my head, and for the wildness of the spinning world these eyes see.
This world, shaped by His words, can never be tamed by mine. But there is joy to be had in trying and falling short”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
This world, shaped by His words, can never be tamed by mine. But there is joy to be had in trying and falling short”
― Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World

“There are always two risks. There's the risk of not trying something new, and there's the risk of not trying it. . . . Either way, there's risk. And sometimes stepping out and trying something new is actually the less risky thing to do.”
― How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living
― How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living

“You shut up. At least I try to get over my fears, instead of wallowing in them.â€�
“Wolf’s trying, Fitz,â€� I spoke up. “In his own way. Everybody tries in different ways, at different paces, okay?”
― Burn Before Reading
“Wolf’s trying, Fitz,â€� I spoke up. “In his own way. Everybody tries in different ways, at different paces, okay?”
― Burn Before Reading
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