Trying Quotes

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.

If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.

Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that you will never really see the point.

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

Trying to figure things out was my gig. Without the human condition, there's no struggle, no pain and that means no laughter.

I just try to stay around the same people, stick around the same group.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!!

I try not to waste time feeling bad for myself, because when I do, there's no room for happiness.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

When I came to Mogadishu...here was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I will leave the city as I found it. I came to power with a gun; only the gun can make me go.

They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping.

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Anyone who tries to make brownies without butter should be arrested.

I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture.

Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.

I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle.

If I fail, I try again, and again, and again

I spend my day trying to make myself as happy and relaxed as I can be. If I have positions going against me, I get right out; if they are going for me, I keep them.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

Respect yourself. Try to remember that not everything in life can be perfect. You will make mistakes. That's inevitable. But you are not ugly. You will only be ugly when you behave in an ugly way.

You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn.

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.

Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

I just want to keep working hard, stay humble, and keep trying to win games.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

I strongly believe that those of us, who are privileged to have wealth, should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged

Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

When I'm trying to go to sleep and there are little noises, like a clock ticking or a fan squeaking, it drives me completely insane

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.

The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.

Just be yourself, be confident. Try and stand out - but in a good way. Stand out for being yourself other then wearing like a chicken suit or something.

Trying to impress people who hate you is just a big waste of time.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

Embrace your solitude and love it. Endure the pain it causes, and try to sing out with it. For those near to you are distant.

Just because I can't change everything, doesn't mean I shouldn't try to change anything at all.

So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and all other clubs try and imitate what the Hells Angels have already done.