--- title: "17 Trying Quotes By Jane Fonda" description: "17 Trying quotes by Jane Fonda. Plus more from Jane Fonda and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-fonda-1041_aging_i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-dol_1018311.jpg" --- > [I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-doling-out-wisdom-and-trying-to/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-fonda-1041_aging_i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-dol_1018311.jpg) > [Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/look-what-scares-you-in-the-face-and-try-to-understand-it-empathy-is/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/jane-fonda-1041_empathy_look-what-scares-you-in-the-face-and-try_2990839.jpg) > [In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/in-my-marriages-i-d-lost-parts-of-who-i-was-because-i-was-trying-to/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/jane-fonda-1041_lost_in-my-marriages-i-d-lost-parts-of-who-i_897873.jpg) > [We don't need to be perfect. We're not supposed to be perfect; we're supposed to be complete. And you can't be complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/we-don-t-need-to-be-perfect-we-re-not-supposed-to-be-perfect-we-re/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/jane-fonda-1041_ifs_we-don-t-need-to-be-perfect-we-re-not-su_2686055.jpg) > [In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/in-this-age-of-remote-controlled-pushbutton-war-we-must-all-try-very/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/jane-fonda-1041_age_in-this-age-of-remote-controlled-pushbut_2537035.jpg) > [You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/you-spend-all-your-life-trying-to-do-something-they-put-people-in/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/jane-fonda-1041_acting_you-spend-all-your-life-trying-to-do-som_2158188.jpg) > [My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/my-childhood-was-influenced-by-the-roles-my-father-played-in-his/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/jane-fonda-1041_abraham_my-childhood-was-influenced-by-the-roles_972989.jpg) > [Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/trying-to-understand-the-fear-i-had-of-truly-opening-my-heart-first/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/jane-fonda-1041_abandon_trying-to-understand-the-fear-i-had-of-t_2840405.jpg) > [I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-spent-a-good-deal-of-time-going-back-over-my-childhood-my-midlife/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/jane-fonda-1041_childhood_i-spent-a-good-deal-of-time-going-back-o_2091035.jpg) > [You can do yoga and be thinking about going shopping. The goal is kind of like meditation, is to be totally present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/you-can-do-yoga-and-be-thinking-about-going-shopping-the-goal-is-kind/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/jane-fonda-1041_body_you-can-do-yoga-and-be-thinking-about-go_2697309.jpg) > [I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-have-people-in-my-life-who-will-say-honey-you-re-trying-too-hard-i/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/jane-fonda-1041_being_i-have-people-in-my-life-who-will-say-ho_2785025.jpg) > [Mostly actors are progressive because we are accustomed to all the nuances of human life, whereas dictators just try to flatten it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/mostly-actors-are-progressive-because-we-are-accustomed-to-all-the/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/jane-fonda-1041_accustomed_mostly-actors-are-progressive-because-we_1508484.jpg) > [So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/so-i-grew-up-feeling-that-i-wasn-t-good-enough-and-that-no-one-would/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/jane-fonda-1041_empowering_so-i-grew-up-feeling-that-i-wasn-t-good_49065.jpg) > [I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft carrier \[actually, it was in an anti-aircraft gun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-will-go-to-my-grave-regretting-the-photograph-of-me-in-an-anti/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/jane-fonda-1041_aircraft_i-will-go-to-my-grave-regretting-the-pho_2857465.jpg) > [I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-would-like-to-say-something-not-just-to-vietnam-veterans-in-new/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/jane-fonda-1041_apologize_i-would-like-to-say-something-not-just-t_3146305.jpg) > [I think I look good for my age. I've always looked younger than I really am. I'm 67 and I look about,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-think-i-look-good-for-my-age-i-ve-always-looked-younger-than-i/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/jane-fonda-1041_age_i-think-i-look-good-for-my-age-i-ve-alwa_869816.jpg) > [What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/what-i-learned-is-we-have-to-listen-to-each-other-even-when-we-don-t/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/jane-fonda-1041_agree_what-i-learned-is-we-have-to-listen-to-e_1082682.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Jane Fonda > [Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/shortly-after-i-turned-50-both-ted-turner-and-the-aarp-came-into-my/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [Exercise teaches you the pleasure of discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/exercise-teaches-you-the-pleasure-of-discipline/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [Women are rising. And I think that's all the violence and war - it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/women-are-rising-and-i-think-that-s-all-the-violence-and-war-it-could/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/pragmatist-that-i-am-i-always-meet-necessity-with-enthusiasm/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [I don't know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-don-t-know-if-a-country-america-where-the-people-are-so-ignorant-of/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [I don't want to die without knowing who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-don-t-want-to-die-without-knowing-who-i-am/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [To do life right, you have to feel like you're growing up until the day you die. The thing I'm proudest of is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/to-do-life-right-you-have-to-feel-like-you-re-growing-up-until-the/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's perfect, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/so-i-grew-up-feeling-that-i-wasn-t-good-enough-and-that-no-one-would/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [Female listeners are leaving traditional talk radio because of the rough-edged, shouting nature of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/female-listeners-are-leaving-traditional-talk-radio-because-of-the/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/the-most-important-thing-to-do-as-you-age-is-to-stay-physically/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [“I spent most of my time floating on an inflatable raft in the pristine Mediterranean waters, my big belly curving toward the sun, reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-spent-most-of-my-time-floating-on-an-inflatable-raft-in-the/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [Christ was the first feminist and because of that I've learned from his teaching to call myself a Christian feminist, adding that her faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/christ-was-the-first-feminist-and-because-of-that-i-ve-learned-from/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [He's my favorite ex-husband. We get along great. I love to fish, and he has some beautiful property down there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/he-s-my-favorite-ex-husband-we-get-along-great-i-love-to-fish-and-he/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [When I'm in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/when-i-m-in-canada-i-feel-this-is-what-the-world-should-be-like/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) > [Enjoyable does not necessarily mean easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/enjoyable-does-not-necessarily-mean-easy/) [Jane Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-fonda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/jane-fonda/#itemlist", "name": "17 Trying Quotes By Jane Fonda", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Fonda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-fonda/i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-doling-out-wisdom-and-trying-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-fonda-1041_aging_i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-dol_1018311.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-fonda-1041_aging_i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-dol_1018311.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-fonda-1041_aging_i-m-now-the-elder-in-the-position-of-dol_1018311.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.” — Jane Fonda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. 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