Trying - Quotes
Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you’ve got, and fix it as you go.
Some people feel like they don`t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps to the past.
High-income people spend a lot more than do average people on education and retirement savings. If we were trying to get clues about good gifts from what the rich do, then we should give people education and future consumption.
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn`t work that way at all.
I`m good but not an angel, I do sin but I`m not the devil. I`m just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
We spend so much effort trying to keep parts of our lives hidden, even from our closest friends. But those rare times when we do open up, it`s amazing how minor those secrets all end up seeming.
A Warrior does not spend his days trying to play the role that others have chosen for him.
Trying is having the intention to fail. You got to scrap that word from your vocab. Say you're gonna do it. And you will.
We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. To spend time trying to change that, well, it`s like chasing clouds.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof [is] to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.