“I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Grand Canyon
Song lyrics
“I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Grand Canyon
Song lyrics
“He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.”
Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 3 (p. 24)
Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles
Ragnor Fell and Magnus Bane in 1791, p. 9.
The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru (2013)
“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Uselessness
“I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.”
Geoff Johns (1973) American comic book writer
Source: Teen Titans, Vol. 3: Beast Boys and Girls
“If you haven't failed, you're not trying hard enough.”
Jennifer Crusie (1949) American writer
Source: Trust Me on This
“Don’t try to understand! It’s enough if you do not misunderstand.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru
“There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.”
E.M. Forster book A Room with a View
Source: A Room with a View (1908), Ch. 2