Trying Quotes - Page 362

Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to motivate him, too.

Trying is just a noisy way of not doing something.

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

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.

You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them.

There should be a drama series about women trying to figure out their mystery leg bruises.

Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.

You can see the actions that the Russians are trying to take in eastern Ukraine. And so it's so important that we take actions to deter further Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people.

Understand, it's never been easy to live, when we're trying to escape ourselves.

My first company failed completely. And it failed at about ten months old. I had about 12 months of savings, so when it failed I was thinking: 'Do I go back to work?' And at that point I believed so deeply in what I was doing that I couldn't imagine anything else other than trying to make this business work.

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I do keep trying to write.

It has been said that genius is only the power of making continuous effort. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it. We are told that there is no failure, except in no longer trying - no defeat, except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose.

I try and be as normal as I can, but it's all pretty mental to be honest.

I always hold doors open, I always try to be nice.

Does anybody find it creepy how many Grant robots have been on the show? Is it just me or he like trying to clone himself and make a little army?

I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.

My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro."

As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basis.

I also try to read all of my fan mail. A lot of them send me candy, which I'm not allowed to eat 'cause my mom says it might be poisonous.

If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.

I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.

When I'm sculpting, I work with wood and clay, and though some say that an image is already in the material and the sculptor just has to discover it, I also believe you have an image in your head that you're trying to get to. So you're in a dialogue with the piece, a back-and-forth.

I am very picky about my food, and I'm very health oriented, so I always try to cook.

For me, no matter how serious the subject is, when I try to write about it, I have to write about it from a comic point of view. It's just the way it comes out.