“However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.”

“You never know just what you can do until you try.”

Joseph Delaney (1945) British writer

“However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there's life, there's hope.”

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

“If you try to look
But you don't touch
Then you won't touch
But you'll never feel
And if you don't feel
You'll never cry
And if you don't cry
Then you'll never heal.”

Harry Chapin (1942–1981) American musician

“Try it. You don't have to do it ever again if you don't want to. But try it once. Try everything once.”

Melvin Burgess (1954) British children's writer

“Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.”

Len Wein (1948–2017) American comic book writer and editor

“There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.”

Mario Puzo The Godfather

“It's not to pretend you can do everything, but if people like you – in the sense of admiring or having respect for what you are trying to do – then they will understand the odd blemish. If people don't like you, and lack confidence in what you are trying to do, they won't forgive you anything.”

Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland

“You know. Life's short. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what you're best at. And you can only make time for new things by quitting the things you know don't work for you.”

Meg Cabot book Teen Idol

“I don't know the rules of grammar. If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language.”

David Ogilvy (1911–1999) Advertising executive