Top 1200 Trying Times Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

I am interested in a lot of the same things people are interested in. I am trying to raise kids without them self-destructing. I am trying to hold the marriage together, and I am trying to take off the same 10 pounds everyone else is.

People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.

It's hard at times, but other times it's the most fun you're going to have I think in the entire NHL is playing well in Montreal. There's nothing that compares to it.

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.

Stock speculation is largely a matter of A trying to decide what B, C and D are likely to think-with B, C and D trying to do the same.

The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

The things that you can't really foresee and that kind of surprise you, and a lot of times they are bad, but other times, they bring something different and new to the table.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

I stopped trying to think about how the UFC operates. It's like trying to understand a woman.

When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. There are times when cash buys more than other times, and this is one of the other times when it buys a fair amount more, so we use it.

I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it's about that, not - following your dream and not giving up.

I keep feeling that people are becoming less human and more animalistic. They seem to think less and feel less so that everyone is operating on a very primitive level. I wonder what you and I will see in our lifetimes. It seems so hopeless yet we must keep on trying ... I guess we can't escape being a product of the times, can we?

Black musicians were either trying to be American or trying to play down their Caribbean roots.

We're trying to get the pandemic under control. We're trying to put people back to work. I don't find that boring.

Defensive backs are always trying to kill me, so I'm trying to get them first.

Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied; if we fail, we are ridiculed & attacked. Sadly, this is how people are. Unexpected grief & suffering may lie ahead of you. But it is precisely when you encounter such trying times that you must not be defeated. NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER RETREAT!

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

It doesn't matter who you are in this league: You're always trying to have a bigger role. Anybody who said they weren't trying to do that would be lying.

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be.

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

The only times that we can have what we long for are those moments when we stop grasping for it. At such times, all things are possible: "to a mind that is 'still' the whole universe surrenders".

You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get through the bad times with someone.

Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed; at times, it's not.

I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.'

We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.

I'd spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasn't,that i had no idea who i was any more.

I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me.

Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie.

I'm trying to leave a legacy, man. I'm trying to get a gold jacket someday. That's my mindset.

I was never trying to be experimental or anti-anything; I was always trying to be real to things I was feeling.

The people on this planet that are trying to live their life, that aren't trying to destroy things, are in the 99.9-percent majority.

There's no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.

On a serious note, we don't think we're trying to be so different, it's just that everyone else is trying to be same.

I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's men two or three times. All they were trying to do was protect the property on the Missouri side of the line.

Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not know much, or at times, they're quite frank, they didn't care much about Afghanistan. But they pay attention more after reading these novels, and at times it has triggered this humaitarian spirt: some have donated money or at time times, people have joined humatiarian organizations that work in Afghanistan.

What I'm trying to do, in my own small way, is trying to bring African and Afro-Cuban rhythms into rock.

Let's say you are driving in the U.K., and you are pulled over by the police for speeding, and you try to bribe the police officer with £300 to walk away. I guarantee you that at least 99 times out of 100 you are going end up in handcuffs, and you will be charged with the crime of trying to bribe a police officer.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

I'm trying to show people that I'm a person, and I deal with the same things as you guys, and I'm trying to make the best of it.

I'm not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.

I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate the holidays during tough times.

I haven't gotten overly confident or cocky. I think staying level and humble has helped me through the bad times and the good times.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

My production company, what we are trying to do is I'm trying to create content that speaks to me, and it's not one color. It's not one size fits all.

If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'

I admit that through privilege, I've been racially ignorant. But I'm trying to learn and I'm trying to grow. It's what we all have to do.

Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal.

When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony.

When I'm trying a new form- trying to do something I'm not used to doing, which was true of the novel.

We build camera rigs tailored specifically to the story we're trying to tell or the shot we're trying to capture.

Stardom is a magical yet freakish situation at times. It's a cliche but very true that at times, you feel so alone, even when you're surrounded by so many people.

In a world where the body politic has the attention span at times of a goldfish, yep, you've got to have the ability to reinvent yourself in this game many times.

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

I'm trying to take a positive out the disappointment, but I'm also trying to do what's best for my career as well.

It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.