Try Hard Quotes

#1. Rich folk don't try so hard - Author: Kathryn Stockett

#2. Love is a word hard to express, a feeling easy to express and a word hard to take, only the people who try it know the meaning and how to tell it wisely. - Author: Auliq Ice

#3. No matter how hard you try, you will never be able to carry the world. So you need to get it off your shoulders before you break your back. (From Night Marchers book 2 coming soon.) - Author: Rebecca Gober

#4. Sometimes when you try too hard to protect the people you care about, you end up hurting them instead.
- Jase, Time Mends (Timber Wolves #2) - Author: Tammy Blackwell

#5. When you try hard to find happiness for other, you will unknowingly find yourself on the island of happiness. - Author: Debasish Mridha

#6. I begin to think a body may get any reasonable thing in this world if they will only try hard enough for it! - Author: E.D.E.N. Southworth

#7. She swallowed hard. "I want to try skinny-dipping." He was so still, she wasn't sure he was even breathing. - Author: Anne Bishop

#8. You can spend your life competing in a world that talks too loud / You can lose your own direction getting lost among the crowd / Confusion - is it any wonder that the road ahead's not clear / Well you can try too hard to find it now I realise it's here - Author: Kim Wilde

#9. I must say that in my early years, I was incredibly aggressive. I was working as hard as I could to build a business, to try to dominate a business. And I probably irritated a lot of people. - Author: Michael Ovitz

#10. We are angered even by the full acceptance of our humiliating confessions - how much more by hearing in hard distinct syllables from the lips of a near observer, those confused murmurs which we try to call morbid, and strive against as if they were the oncoming of numbness! - Author: George Eliot

#11. She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America.They're not famous. Their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is just do the right thing. - Author: Barack Obama

#12. I always try hard to arrange all media in a way so that it expresses what I want - this is not limited to one medium alone and varies from case to case. - Author: Alva Noto

#13. There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is. - Author: Roberto Cavalli

#14. Perhaps we really are surrounded by the past, made prisoners of it. No matter how far we travel, how hard we try to forget, the scarred tree forever stands by the side of the road, if only in our minds. The only way to drive by is to set the past straight, once and for all, by remembering. - Author: Michael Paterniti

#15. Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it. - Author: Joshua Bell

#16. I try to ignore the fact that I can feel Kieren's hard-on against my ass and that it's perfectly pressing into me. I tell my suddenly happy cunny to stop quivering with excitement. Naughty, puss, that's creepy Kieren rubbing on you. Stop purring, dammit! - Author: Erica Chilson

#17. [School reports] were always pretty bad - I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but my report said I didn't try very hard. - Author: Robert Pattinson

#18. Well, we learned a vital lesson here today, me mateys. You canna keelhaul a demon no matter how hard you try for it. The rotten crafty beastie bastard won't be having none of it. - Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon

#19. I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we have out of our stories, and most of our stories are balanced. - Author: Lesley Stahl

#20. Black people dance well because we start early - there's music being played everywhere. White people? They don't start dancing until they get to college, and by then, it's too late; the bottom don't move with the top no matter how hard they try. - Author: Tracy Morgan

#21. Ah, jeez ... She really is a cheerleader.' And it seemed suddenly that this was true- not because she was an airhead or a hottie or a nonjock, but because she could throw herself so wholeheartedly into someone else's cause, because she could care so much and try so hard from the sidelines. - Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

#22. I try to remember that hard knocks leave dents. - Author: Jennifer Donnelly

#23. There is a power in people who dream big and who try hard. - Author: Harold Klemp

#24. I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family. - Author: Jeff Bridges

#25. Never strive to be part of the norm. If people think you strange ... CELEBRATE. Normal people try way to hard to please others and never end up pleasing themselves. Be ABnormal. It's more fun. - Author: Shelley K. Wall

#26. I am the world's worst reporter. I am apt to try too hard to help rather than just document my subjects. - Author: David Rakoff

#27. For a while there's nothing I can do but stand in the middle of the road, because going forward hurts too much. Going forward means continuing to try, when trying is so hard. The world is filled with idiots and assholes and monsters. Where are the guardian angels? - Author: Carolyn Lee Adams

#28. If I feel like I'm going too far in one direction, I just can it. It's a weird thing. Some of my songs might be cheesy; I try and keep it light. It's hard to explain. - Author: Mac DeMarco

#29. It's hard to get fluffed up about love anymore. I've lived it. I try to avoid it. If I'm extremely fond of a woman, if I think I might really wind up walking down the aisle again ... I go in another direction. - Author: Phil Everly

#30. No matter how hard they try, they'll never create anything so perfectly beautiful as what plays out in my own imagination. - Author: Richelle E. Goodrich

#31. I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much. - Author: Sarah McLachlan

#32. I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect. - Author: Shabazz Muhammad

#33. It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be - even if it isn't what you expected. - Author: Jim Butcher

#34. You know," he said, his voice making me feel cold in spite of the heat, "this city can get ahold of you and pull you back no matter how hard you try to climb out. Like a grave. - Author: Neal Shusterman

#35. I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard. - Author: John Shirley

#36. I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it. - Author: Erykah Badu

#37. I just try to find ways to love the people that I'm around. It's hard sometimes because I'm selfish and I want to focus inwardly but when I can fight against that and look at other people's needs, it's really a stark contrast to what people are used to in such a selfish environment. - Author: Matt Diaz

#38. Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be. - Author: Lady Gaga

#39. We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want ... and then not take it personally. If you feel hurt, you have to recognize that they are not hurting you because you are you, but because they are them. You have to try not to be so hard on yourself. - Author: Krishna Das

#40. You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine. - Author: Kit Harington

#41. I live a pretty balanced life. As hard as I do work & as many things that I do ... I take a lot of time to stay physically strong. I really just try to get the proper rest. I don't run myself into the ground. - Author: Rob Dyrdek

#42. Everyone in my life thinks I'm competitive because I want to win, but it comes from me wanting everyone to have a good time. And when I see that people aren't enthused, I try to make it really uncomfortable for everyone so they get enthused and want to play hard. - Author: Christina Applegate

#43. They all have always loved you, Will Herondale, for you cannot hide what is good about yourself, however hard you try. - Author: Cassandra Clare

#44. I try not to look backwards, Elise. Makes is hard to see where you're going. - Author: Kelly Bowen

#45. One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America
and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place. - Author: Michael Moore

#46. We have to try really hard to not accidentally summon a demon. - Author: Peyton Manning

#47. I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to. - Author: J.D. Salinger

#48. To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint. - Author: Brian K. Vaughan

#49. I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself. - Author: Al Pacino

#50. I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there. - Author: Martina Mcbride

#51. Wait a second Why should you care what they think of you? When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard, you don't have to give it all away, you just have to get up You don't have to change a single thing. - Author: Colbie Caillat

#52. It's okay to wonder how you could try so hard and still get stomped all over. Just don't let them change you. - Author: Taylor Swift

#53. The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that. - Author: Sally Ride

#54. But then I think, this happens sometimes, doesn't it? People you have a history with, they won't let you go, and as hard as you might try, you can't disentangle yourself, can't set yourself free. Maybe after a while you just stop trying. - Author: Paula Hawkins

#55. Once I'm in the editing room, forget about what I intended to shoot. I take a cold, hard look at what I really did shoot, and then I edit that because, if you try to edit what you intended and you missed somewhere, that will show up. - Author: Doug Liman

#56. I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where you're the total boss of everything! - Author: Rosie O'Donnell

#57. Whether or not Afghanistan would be a peaceful nation-state had we not gone into Iraq I doubt. Afghanistan is going to be Afghanistan, no matter how hard we try to make it something else. - Author: Michael Hastings

#58. I try not to laugh at the fact that even when she's drunk, she has a hard time saying it. "Where do you want me to take you?" She drops her head back against my chest. "You can just keep carrying me. It's very relaxing. - Author: Jessica Sorensen

#59. Most people think that Christianity is spelled DO: they look at the Bible or the life of Christ, and they simply try hard to live like Jesus. Christianity is really spelled DONE: it is what Christ has done that enables us to live a life of obedience.30 - Author: Darrin Patrick

#60. I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor. - Author: Zooey Deschanel

#61. I don't like guys who overdress. And I don't like guys who try too hard. - Author: Taylor Momsen

#62. I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job. - Author: Ted Allen

#63. I try to always motivate young kids who want to be singers or actors or whatever it is they want to be that anything is possible with hard work. It doesn't matter where you're from or what language you speak - as long as you work hard, you can achieve those goals. - Author: Prince Royce

#64. I have been so alone on this journey, cut off from my past. However hard I try, I will always feel alien and strange. And now I've stumbled on a fellow outsider, one who speaks my language without saying a word. - Author: Christina Baker Kline

#65. No matter how hard you try to put everything neatly into shape, the context wanders this way and that, until finally the context isn't even there anymore. You're left with this pile of kittens lolling all over one another. - Author: Haruki Murakami

#66. If I'm on the court, I have to do what I do best and that's try to go hard to the basket. - Author: Manu Ginobili

#67. You cannot fully understand a person's need until you have endured the same need. As hard as you may try to predict and comprehend their situation and suffering, I guarantee you'll fall short until you've been there. - Author: Richelle E. Goodrich

#68. I just try to go out and play as hard as I can and let the results take care of themselves. - Author: Buster Posey

#69. In nature everything is connected, interwoven, subject to natural law. We cannot separate ourselves from that, no matter how hard we try. - Author: Jeffrey R. Anderson

#70. It's really hard when people write nasty things about you all the time. As much as good things are said about you, it's always those one or two bad comments that really stay with you and gnaw at you. I try not to read that stuff if I can. - Author: Jordin Sparks

#71. You should know, I tried for many years not to be in love with you, but I failed. And I really did try very hard. But it was not possible, and it never has been, because I have actually loved you from very early in our relationship. Possibly as early as our first meeting. - Author: Augusten Burroughs

#72. I'm going for it. Every part of my body says to jump and fly, no matter how hard voices like Shay and my parents try to ground me. I understand their realism, but I don't want to look back and regret not taking the plunge. - Author: Krista Ritchie

#73. sometimes you try so hard to fit in that you almost forget it's all an act. - Author: Holly Madison

#74. It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it. - Author: Jennifer Egan

#75. To be happy with myself and always make others happy. To be confident and give others confidence in themselves. To smile, to surf, to laugh and make others laugh. To read more widely. To try to be more tolerant of my weaknesses and of others, and not to be so hard on myself all the time. - Author: Chrissie Wellington

#76. It's amazing how many of the things needed for a basic biology lab are capable of blowing up, if you're willing to try very, very hard, and don't much care about possibly losing a few fingers in the process. - Author: Mira Grant

#77. Don't you wonder sometimes why so much gets heaped on certain people?" I almost told the truth. That truth being, "I wouldn't dare." I wouldn't dare dwell on a thing like that. I try to look forward in my life. Because what's behind me is a little hard to take. - Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde

#78. Stupidy is easy, everyone can learn it... You just say to stupid stuff and you are the big Job,... but try to be a wise that's what's hard and most people just try to destroy the wise people why??
Because they are too stupid to realease it! - Author: Deyth Banger

#79. In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings. - Author: Jane Fonda

#80. Secrets come to light no matter how hard we try to bury them. - Author: Corinne Michaels

#81. Maybe if I try hard enough, we'll fall into each other and become one single person and we can share our pain instead of carrying it by ourselves. - Author: Jessica Sorensen

#82. I always try so hard to find a male doll and shoot a male doll, and it always kind of implodes. Whenever I use men, they're so scary and so dark, and I can never find this sort of lightness or this place between doll and human that I find with female dolls. - Author: Laurie Simmons

#83. I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor. - Author: Gary Jennings

#84. Don't try too hard to be something you're not. - Author: Daniel Radcliffe

#85. Don't try so hard to fit in, and certainly don't try so hard to be different just try hard to be you. - Author: Zendaya

#86. Sometimes it's hard for me to start something because I'd rather not try at all than fail at it - Author: Kasie West

#87. Vampires on TV give us an unhealthy body image stereotype too. Do you know how hard you have to work to get a body like those actors on True Blood or The Vampire Diaries? Try doing that when your blood vessels don't work anymore and your muscles are slowly starting to waste away. - Author: Jessica Verday

#88. Writing is too goddamned hard for me to think about a soul in teh world ... I don't think about a soul, but just try to get those goddamned characters to act right. - Author: Ernest J. Gaines

#89. Chase your dreams even with the last breath. - Author: Lailah Gifty Akita

#90. I try hard to be a good Catholic. - Author: Paul Begala

#91. The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people. - Author: Georg Solti

#92. It's very human to try to put things into boxes, and it's hard for us to reconcile with grey areas, and yet somehow that's the area I find the most poetic, the juiciest. - Author: Arca

#93. Asha believed a person seeking betterment should try as many schemes as possible, since it was hard to predict which one might work. - Author: Katherine Boo

#94. As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game. - Author: Matt Kuchar

#95. You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is. - Author: Lisa Vanderpump

#96. No matter how often I pray, how many retreats I make, or how hard I try, I still sin. It is something that I bump up against daily. - Author: James Martin

#97. All I can do is go out there and play hard and try and help my team win, and that's what I'm going to keep doing. - Author: Brian Urlacher

#98. Like I said, as long as I'm consistent and I try to put my best foot forward, and work as hard as I possibly can, everything else will fall into place - God'll take care of everything. - Author: Joe Budden

#99. Before giving up, try hard. - Author: Debasish Mridha

#100. Mom as it's your birthday
And, unfortunately, not mine
Give me some money and I'll get out your hair
While you have a large glass of wine
I try so hard to be thoughtful - Author: John Walter Bratton