“Taking your advice. Working on being more honest.”— Rayna McClendon, Willie Lewis, Luke Tennie, imdb.com
“There’s always that moment, that moment when you know you could try harder and you just don't. That keeps me up at night.”— Timothy Goodman, friendswithsecrets.com
“Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to trying, and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can't stop wanting.”— Jason Katims, Tyra Collette, Adrianne Palicki, imdb.com
“You will be judged by what you succeed at, boy, not by what you attempt.”— Terence Winter, Commodore Louis Kaestner, Dabney Coleman, imdb.com
“Earn trying like the rest of us. But when he wants to do something, he does it. On his terms.”— Donald Glover, Raleigh Marks, Isiah Whitlock Jr., imdb.com
“Trying is just the first step toward failure.”— Dan Greaney, Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta, imdb.com
“If we show that we can conform to cultural conventions, even when they’re arbitrary and subtle—what shoes to wear, what greeting to use—people assume we are socially capable in more important ways, too.”— Alice Robb, elle.com
“You know what you get when you try around here? Not much.”— Jenji Kohan, Sam Healy, Michael Harney, imdb.com
“I want my partner to look at me and think I respect them enough to make an effort.”— Tan France, imdb.com
“Something might happen, but then again maybe nothing. I haven't opened it yet, so I don't know. You can't know until you open it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“The vast majority of all human effort, however great or minuscule, ends in failure. So what are your options? You just admit pre-defeat that odds are you’re going to be right or you do it anyway. Maybe we’re a success regardless of the outcome, because we tried. Maybe there’s beauty in the struggle…”— Stephen Falk, Jimmy Shive-Overly, Chris Geere, imdb.com
“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”— Gloria Steinem, elle.com
“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.”— Lauren Bacall, harpersbazaar.com.au