Favorite Quotes on Trying
Here are some of my favorite quotes on trying, determination and courage. I always try to keep a copy of this small file on whatever computer I’m using… and whenever I’m feeling blah for whatever reason, I take a quick peek. Does the trick (that, and a lot of coffee!).
Got similar quotes you rely on? Share them with us please (just comment below)!
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
— Thomas Alva Edison
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, ‘Press on,’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
— Calvin Coolidge
“Don’t get discouraged; it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
— Unknown
“The last time you failed, did you stop trying because you failed — or did you fail because you stopped trying?”
— Unknown
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
— Anais Nin
“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.”
— Doug Larson
“Some succeed because they are destined to. But most succeed because they are determined to.”
— Unknown
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says… I’ll try again tomorrow.”
— Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey
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2 Responses to “Favorite Quotes on Trying”
By Will Bontrager on Oct 3, 2007 | Reply
Just a few I’ve heard, which might be paraphrased; no idea who the original authors are.
Losing a battle does not mean the war is lost.
Trying gets one thing done, the action of trying. Doing accomplishes everything else.
The things learned during what is perceived as a failure may be exactly the experience required for a later, greater accomplishment.
Will
By Wordpreneur on Oct 3, 2007 | Reply
Hi William
Your second quote sounds close to Yoda’s “Do not try. Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
If you think about it, it probably produced a whole generation of non triers. Not really too motivational, is it?
ees