Keep Trying Quotes
684 quotes by 445 authors
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Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of…
— John Banville
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?
— Dave Barry
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
— Josh Billings
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And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked,…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.
— Erma Bombeck
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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them…
— Mary Browne
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The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only…
— Lenny Bruce
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Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it…
— Luis Bunuel
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All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
— Lloyd Alexander
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I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within…
— Naomi Campbell
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You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that…
— Benjamin Carson
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
— Winston Churchill
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Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
— Yogi Berra
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Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've…
— Tawni O'Dell
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Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
— Michael Jordan
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He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the…
— Bobby Jones
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Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.
— Napoleon Hill
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The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.
— Cullen Hightower
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It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the…
— Lewis Thomas
Who Wrote These Keep Trying Quotes
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