22 Movie Quotes about Doing Your Best (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Oct 4, 2025

Memorable quotes about doing your best, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Your best don't include gettin' yourself killed!

Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

2 Death can come for you anyplace, anytime. It's never welcome, but if you've done all you can do and it's your best... in a way, I guess, you're ready for him.

John Wayne as Wil Andersen in The Cowboys (1972)

3 You only live once. You got to give it your best shot.

Clint Eastwood as Bronco Billy in Bronco Billy

4 I know. It's almost impossible to succeed. But... who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt.

Julie Delpy as Céline in Before Sunrise

5 Thank you, sir. I strive for excellence in all my various trades.

Chris Farley as Bartholomew Hunt in Almost Heroes (1998)

6 I'm gonna grit my teeth and bear down. If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, he can't fail.

Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown in Charlie Brown's All Stars!

7 I gave it my best shot, but he made me an offer I had to refuse.

Tate Donovan as Hercules in Hercules

8 Well, what the heck? I went and did my best. And, by God I really tasted something swell.

Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington Speaking in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

9 That boy's got real spark. Lots of spirit. Throws himself heart and soul into everything he does. That's really worth something if it can only be turned in the right direction.

Karl Swenson as Merlin in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

10 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Bob Newhart as Bernard in The Rescuers (1977)