#trying

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#challenge #genius #heroism #intelligence #trial

Yes, Samantha, we in the Soviet Union are trying to do everything so that there will not be war on Earth. This is what every Soviet man wants. ↗

— Yuri Andropov

#every #everything #man #soviet #soviet union

People don't fail; they just stop trying. ↗

— Bud Boyd

#life #success #trying #life

Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt. ↗

— Marta Acosta

#dark-companion #fairness #games #life #trying

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ↗

— Will Rogers

#half #life #our #rushed #save

It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint into an empty pint pot. I had to see how much was there, though, and now I know. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #moving-on #trying #life

She was nothing in particular. But at least she had a purpose. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#struggles #trying-hard #life

... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness... ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#learning #love #parenting #teaching #trying

Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it. ↗

— Tina Fey

#inspirational #self-confidence #self-esteem #trying #change

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out. ↗