We Try Quotes

563 quotes by 479 authors

We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back to being stoneâ€”crumbling… — Ekaterina Sedia
There are only shades of gray. Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to… — Karen Marie Moning
It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But... We don't have to let those fears stop us.… — Natsuki Takaya
When we try to focus our thought upon One who is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Even from the abyss of horror in which we try to feel our way today, half-blind, our hearts distraught and shattered, I look up again… — Stefan Zweig
We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we… — Holly Black
I say we try it,' says Peeta. 'Katniss is right.' Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her.… — Suzanne Collins
And everywhere, infinite options, infinite possibilities. An infinity, and at the same time, zero. We try to scoop it all up in our hands, and… — Haruki Murakami
Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them. — John Irving
Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition… — Miley Cyrus
We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than… — Henry Ford
Why give up before we try? — Alicia Keys
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering and misty are the beings that share… — Joseph Conrad
People are either attracted to the unseemly or disapproving of it, or both; yet we try to sound superior to the unseemly by pretending to… — John Irving
Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot. — Jodi Picoult
And what? What's the other choice? To passively let things happen and then say: "Tut-tut, what at botch that was"? Don't we all manipulate people?… — Orson Scott Card
Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared… — Alicia Keys
maybe we try too hard to be remembered, waking to the glowing yellow disc in ignorance, swearing that today will be the day, today we… — Naomi Shihab Nye
And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try… — Robert Jordan
We try to do what's right, or rather what other say is right. But sometimes, when that goes against who we are...you have to choose. — Richelle Mead

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