Quotes with trying

Quotes 341 till 360 of 448.

  • Francis Bacon There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Elbert Hubbard There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Andrew Carnegie There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Ben Affleck There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Lydia Davis There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.
    Lydia Davis
    American writer (1947 - )
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  • Burgess Owens There were questions I didn't have the answers to, and I was trying to figure it out. I remember staying up until 4 A.M. reading the Bible and praying.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Bill Kristol There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Bob Dylan There's no black and white, left and right to me anymore; there's only up and down and down is very close to the ground. And I'm trying to go up without thinking about anything trivial such as politics. They has got nothing to do with it. I'm thinking about the general people and when they get hurt.
    Address to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (13 December 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Barry Mann There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.
    Barry Mann
    American songwriter and musician (1939 - )
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  • Bryan Robson They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn't either. I think they never stopped trying to put me in the same category. That was the road they went down with me.
    Bryan Robson
    English football manager and player (1957 - )
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  • Billy Wilder They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.
    Billy Wilder
    Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and artist (1906 - 2002)
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  • Richard Buckminster Fuller This book is written with the conviction that there are no 'good' or 'bad' people, no matter how offensive or eccentric to society they may seem... You and I didn't design people. God designed people. What I am trying to do is to discover why God included humans in Universe.
    Critical Path (1981)
    Richard Buckminster Fuller
    American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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  • Agnetha Faltskog This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.
    Agnetha Faltskog
    Swedish singer, songwriter and actress (1950 - )
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  • Herbert Spencer Time is that which a man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
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  • Bob Filner To all the women that I've offended, I had no intention to be offensive, to violate any physical or emotional space. I was trying to establish personal relationships, but the combination of awkwardness and hubris led to behavior that I think many found offensive.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • David Viscott To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
    David Viscott
    American writer, teacher (1938 - 1996)
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  • W. Clement Stone Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Brian O'Shaugnessy Trying is the internalization of the failure of omnipotence.
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  • Arianna Huffington Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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