Definition of Trying

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Definition of Trying
	Trying of Try Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position. Related Definitions: Adapted, Afflictive, As, Occasion, Of, Or, Position, Put, Severe, To, Trial, Try, Trying

Trying Quotations

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.
Thomas Jefferson

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
Barack Obama

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Abraham Lincoln

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
George Carlin

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away.
Bill Gates

Trying Translations

trying in French is essayant
trying in German is erprobend, Versuch, versuchend, versuche
trying in Spanish is molesto
trying in Swedish is provar

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