Trying Quotes - Page 25

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

The older you get the more you try to appreciate what you've accomplished.

If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it.

I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one.

I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

When you are in a business, you must join associations, (both local and international), so that you can exchange ideas, with people from the same industry, including your competitors. This is how you “benchmark”. Before you dash off to implement something, try and find out what others have done, or not done This is really how you should be using tools like the Internet.

I can honestly say and swear on my patch that I have never in my life hurt anybody that I really didn't feel had it coming, because they was either trying to hurt me or my friends. If everybody was like that it [life] would be real different.

Give up this dry discussion, this hodge-podge of philosophy. Who has been able to know God by reasoning? Even sages like Suka and Vyasa are at best like big ants trying to carry away a few grains of sugar from a large hea.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

Don't try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you.

Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

I mean, accidents happen. You learn from them and you try to make sure they don't happen again.

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

The more we try to improve our schools, the heavier the teaching task becomes; and the better our teaching methods the more difficult they are to apply.

You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.

Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

My worst vice is gluttony. I try to keep myself under control because I'm an athlete, but once a week I like to pig out and act like a normal person.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can't erase the strokes you've made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate.

I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.