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title: "25 Trying Everybody Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/i-don-t-know-the-key-to-success-but-the-key-to-failure-is-trying-to/)

[Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/)

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> [The quickest road to failure is trying to please everybody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-quickest-road-to-failure-is-trying-to-please-everybody/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I can't tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-sheeran/i-can-t-tell-you-the-key-to-success-but-the-key-to-failure-is-trying/)

[Ed Sheeran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-sheeran/)

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> [We not trying to do what everybody else is doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quavo/we-not-trying-to-do-what-everybody-else-is-doing/)

[Quavo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quavo/)

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> [You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/you-re-not-really-free-until-you-re-free-from-trying-to-please/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [“People's ways are all so different. It's rather infernal—trying to please everybody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-m-dell/people-s-ways-are-all-so-different-it-s-rather-infernal-trying-to/)

[Ethel M. Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-m-dell/)

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> [I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baker-mayfield/i-m-not-trying-to-please-everybody-i-m-just-trying-to-play-for-one/)

[Baker Mayfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baker-mayfield/)

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> [“If I kept trying to be what everybody wanted, I'd soon be insipid enough to fit in everywhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/if-i-kept-trying-to-be-what-everybody-wanted-i-d-soon-be-insipid/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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> [People always gonna talk no matter what you do, so stop trying to please everybody and start doing you and be yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaze-olamiday/people-always-gonna-talk-no-matter-what-you-do-so-stop-trying-to/)

[Blaze Olamiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaze-olamiday/)

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> [Do yourself a favor; don’t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/do-yourself-a-favor-don-t-wear-yourself-out-trying-to-please/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [“Trying to please everybody is what you'll soon get tired of, because as time goes on, those you're pleasing will get tired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/trying-to-please-everybody-is-what-you-ll-soon-get-tired-of-because/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [I cannot give you a formula for success , but I can give you a formula for failure-It is TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaygee/i-cannot-give-you-a-formula-for-success-but-i-can-give-you-a-formula/)

[KayGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaygee/)

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> [Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/trying-to-please-everybody-is-impossible-if-you-did-that-you-d-end-up/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

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> [I stopped trying to show everybody I could play. I don't need to show anybody anything. Just go be myself, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-rivers/i-stopped-trying-to-show-everybody-i-could-play-i-don-t-need-to-show/)

[Austin Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-rivers/)

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> [To be a good leader is not trying to please everybody, sometime doing the right thing might displeased some people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaze-olamiday/to-be-a-good-leader-is-not-trying-to-please-everybody-sometime-doing/)

[Blaze Olamiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaze-olamiday/)

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> [I'm trying to show everybody that I'm a girl, and I'm five foot four, and you can do anything you want, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-eilish/i-m-trying-to-show-everybody-that-i-m-a-girl-and-i-m-five-foot-four/)

[Billie Eilish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-eilish/)

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> [I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-furnish/i-d-spent-my-twenties-trying-to-be-everything-to-everybody-i-had-my/)

[David Furnish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-furnish/)

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> [We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-must-give-up-the-vain-idea-of-trying-to-please-everybody-that-is/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [I have way too many commitments. I get pulled in too many directions and I never seem to be able to satisfy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-allen/i-have-way-too-many-commitments-i-get-pulled-in-too-many-directions/)

[Tim Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-allen/)

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> [You can't make everyone happy no matter what. All I can do is live my life and try to be successful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-penn-2/you-can-t-make-everyone-happy-no-matter-what-all-i-can-do-is-live-my-2/)

[B.J. Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-penn-2/)

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> [I dont know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/i-dont-know-the-key-to-success-but-the-key-to-failure-is-trying-to/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [We're not trying to be everything for everybody. We're not trying to please the masses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jebbia/we-re-not-trying-to-be-everything-for-everybody-we-re-not-trying-to/)

[James Jebbia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jebbia/)

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> [You can waste your whole life trying to be everything to everybody. Pick your passion. And let them pick theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-becker/you-can-waste-your-whole-life-trying-to-be-everything-to-everybody/)

[Josh Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-becker/)

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> [On one level, I must never lose touch with my audience. But I must, at some point, stop trying to get everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/on-one-level-i-must-never-lose-touch-with-my-audience-but-i-must-at/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [I made a lot of mistakes growing up, trying so hard to fit in. I got so lost trying to please everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halima-aden/i-made-a-lot-of-mistakes-growing-up-trying-so-hard-to-fit-in-i-got-so/)

[Halima Aden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halima-aden/)

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