Kept Trying Quotes
27 quotes by 26 authors
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John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept…
— Albert Ayler
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I kept trying to tell people that just because I was young didn't mean I could speak for all young people.
— Joe Biden
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When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by…
— Pearl Cleage
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I kept trying to talk myself out of my second thoughts when they were trying to help me. My advice? When it comes to relationships,…
— Deb Caletti
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
— Anita Diament
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There is a distinction between failing and being a failure. Few things are learned in life without failing at least once. Did you learn to…
— John Templeton
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I reached this level by sheer dint of hard work, toiling away at scores of tricks and experiments. I used to play with the ball…
— Zinedine Zidane
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I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.
— Jacki Weaver
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He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it was…
— Tim O'Brien
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The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible…
— Francine Prose
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In the beginning it was always the same. But. I kept trying. Then one day I accidentally moved as the shutter clicked. A shadow appeared.…
— Nicole Krauss
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Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.
— Ilona Andrews
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Actually," Clary said, "I think he stayed because of me." Jace's glaze flicked up to hers with a flash of gold. "Because of you? Hoping…
— Cassandra Clare
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Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase.…
— Mitch Albom
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My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to…
— Charlaine Harris
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Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of…
— Sonya Hartnett
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I've been left for someone...all those things...It was sometimes a surprise, and sometimes you saw t coming. The most painful was when I kept trying…
— George Clooney
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When my husband died, people kept telling me not to cry. People kept trying to help me to forget. But I didn't want to forget...…
— Katherine Paterson
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And as he held his first true lover against him, feeling that familiar difference in their heights and smelling that wonderful cologne, part of him…
— J R Ward
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The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to…
— Danielle Steel
Who Wrote These Kept Trying Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 27 Kept Trying Quotes, led by these top contributors: