Trying Quotes
Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event.
I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.
Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.
God is trying to call us back to that for which He created us, to worship Him and to enjoy Him forever
It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before
Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.
I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
Everyone wants to play. They're just afraid of looking stupid. But you know what's stupid? Not trying. So just...try.
My main goal is to try to make fun for everyone. And to see my fans responding to it and to see them having fun is really rewarding.
The air to a glider pilot is a reality. . . . He is trying to understand it in all its moods; to learn its flow, its laws, and to try and use this knowledge to his own ends.
We shoppers, you bloggers. If money talks, you mumblers. You try it on, then take it off, Then post a pic on your tumblrs.
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
If a publisher declines your manuscript, remember it is merely the decision of one fallible human being, and try another.
The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.
What I'm trying to produce is the visual equivalent of the chord change that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.
Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.
So try to pursue the very things that you are passionate about- that is the difference between good and great!
At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.
Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right.
Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.
I think truth is a layered phenomenon. There are many truths that accumulate and build up. I am trying to peel back and explore these rich layers of truth. All truths are difficult to reach.
You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.
A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best.
If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.
It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed.
I learned not to worry so much about the outcome, but to concentrate on the step I was on and to try to do it as perfectly as I could when I was doing it.
It's not enough just to be real; you have to try to make it interesting or entertaining.
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
I think a lot of people haven't even seen my videos but just hearing my name are like "Oh, that's that dumb Internet thing." And I'm definitely trying to shake that a little bit.
In any kind of conflict, you have a certain dehumanization that comes along with it. And it's important as a reporter, a writer, a journalist, to try to restore humanity.
The same thought... crosses my mind whenever someone tells me there's something I can't do: Try Stopping Me.
I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.
What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new things. You've got to be willing to take a few risks.
Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.
Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.
