#trying

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. ↗

— George Burns

#like #pool #rope #sex #shoot

Each mistake teaches you something new about yourself. There is no failure, remember, except in no longer trying. It is the courage to continue that counts. ↗

— Chris Bradford

#failure #giving-up #mistake #trying #courage

God knows we all have to at least try to justify our behavior so we don't feel too guilty about it later. ↗

— Taylor Nadeau

#guilt #justify #trying #death

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it. ↗

— Jimmy Nail

#began #being #decent #human #human being

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#belongs #country #developing #era #iraq

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

As Henry Moore carved or modelled his sculpture every day, he strove to surpass Donatello 4. and failed, but woke the next morning elated for another try. ↗

— Donald Hall

#donatello #effort #failure #henry-moore #poem

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying) ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#stupidity #trying #stupidity

That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#couple #draw #get #help #huge

I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#am #i #i am #kind #like