Trying Quotes - Page 206

We spend so much time and expend so much energy trying to gain a sense of worth from othersultimately, only God's opinion of us matters.

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'

Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal

Sometimes there is a common threat that can produce a common interest in putting aside all the differences in trying to find a constructive solution.

Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every three climbers who do scale the mountain, one dies trying. The facts aren't welcoming. But you don't plan a trip to Everest believing those facts will apply to you.

As in all infant sciences, the universal habit of the human mind - to take a partial or local truth, generalise it unduly and try to explain a whole field of nature in its narrow terms - runs riot here (in psychoanalysis). Moreover, the exaggeration of the importance of suppressed sexual complexes is a dangerous falsehood.

When one...consciously and determinedly directs his thoughts, controls his acts, and tries to feel and constantly express his love, he becomes a person of love.

Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.

I always try to have a vacation.

I'm really just tryna bring it home for my city, I'm trying so hard to be the best I can be on every record I do, every feature I do and every different city I go to.

I just try to do what I'm interested in and hope that some people will connect.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

I sometimes feel that I am trying to dig in the world around me. I'm involved in another kind of archaeology to look for another kind of truth, and the moment I find, the moment I am separated from that life, the moment I am sort of in a world, every time I have gone out and performed in the, in the cinema for example, if you do two or three films on the trot you suddenly have this impression that you're becoming separate or separated from the world around you.

I feel comfortable, I'm definitely feeling challenged but with each day I gain more experience. I'm just trying to improve each day.

We should try to achieve things for ourselves and not rely on former or past family glories with which we have no connection but the arbitrary nature of our birth.

I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.

I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.

That's what God does. He doesn't try to cover up our flaws; He starts from scratch and makes us new.

If something can be explored or illuminated that would have been difficult to verbalize, that to me is what a film should be. It's like trying to explain what a piece of music is like. You can't do it.

I'm like a surfer right now. I'm just surfing the wave. Except that I can't swim, so I'm on the board trying to hold on tight.

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.

My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That’s basically it. I’m not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I’m just reflecting on life.

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best