“I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.” TryingKindSometimesLeaderExampleQuiet Author:Chamique Holdsclaw
“I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.” IfsThinkingWayShouldTryingLooksHardResultsLeaderRolesExampleHard WorkBehaveGood ExamplesLeadership Roles Author:Matt Holliday
“I'm really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.” TryingDoeMightHappensAgeParentRealizingMoralPracticeExampleMaterialsIntellectualConsciousExploring Author:Paul Auster
“To be a Christian is not only to believe the teaching of Christ, and to practice it; it is not only to try to follow the pattern and example of Christ; it is to be so vitally related to Christ that His life and His power are working in us. It is to be "in Christ," it is for Christ to be in us.” TryingBelieveChristianChristPracticeTeachingExamplePatternsRelated Author:Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“I'm an obvious example of how everyone is spiraling out of control on the show and just trying to live life the best they can without destroying themselves.” TryingShowsExampleObviousLive LifeDestroyingSpiraling Out Of Control Author:Brett Gelman
“To atone, I teach and try to set an example... I love spreading this stuff around. Just because it's trite doesn't mean it isn't right. In fact, I like to say, 'If it's trite, it's right.'” IfsTryingMeanFactsStuffTeachExample Author:Charlie Munger
“We are each one on a road going toward home, but we're not trying to get there for Christmas. We're trying to get there for eternity. We want to arrive home safely to our loving Father in Heaven. He wants us to make it safely there, so He has sent a guiding light for us to follow: a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect example.” WantTryingHomeLightFatherJesusHeavenChristPerfectLordExampleJesus ChristEternitySaviorWant ULord Jesus ChristFather In HeavenGuiding Light Author:Margaret D. Nadauld
“David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals. (on David Beckham)” TryingImportantPlayRunningGoalExampleFieldsSupremeHardestScoreImpressScotlandBeckhamSupreme Confidence Author:Alex Ferguson
“The whole point is I'm trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That's the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I'm following Jesus' steps.” ThinkingShouldTryingChildrenReasonWholeJesusLeftPoorStepsExampleFollowingReason WhyDiscipleChild Of GodFollowing JesusRolls RoyceMalaise Author:Frederick K. C. Price
“Sociologically, I think it is the most important thing going on in the world today. Because you can't change people by force. Communism made a great mistake in trying to inflict its beliefs on everybody. People have to find their own understanding, and if you can offer them an example that will inspire, they will come naturally to it. Ananda tries to offer this inspiring example.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldTryingMadeImportantTodayBeliefForceUnderstandingMistakeExampleInspireOffersImportant ThingsCommunismWorld TodayCan't ChangeGreat MistakesYou Can't Change PeopleCan't Change People Author:Goswami Kriyananda
“If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.” IfsWantTryingLooksAbleBeautifulActingExampleFineDamnBeautiful WomenStop TryingBollywood Author:Russell Peters
“At the bottom of the social heap is the black man in the big-city ghetto. He lives night and day with the rats and the cockroaches and drowns himself with alcohol and anesthetizes himself with dope, to try and forget where and what he is. That Negro has given up all hope. He's the hardest one for us to reach, because he's the deepest in the mud. But when you get him, you've got the best kind of Muslim. I look upon myself as a prime example of this category - as graphic an example as you could find of the salvation of the black man.” MenTryingLooksKindBigsNightGivenSocialBlackForgetCitiesExampleSalvationBottomAlcoholHardestLook UpPrimeCategoriesRatsMudGiven UpGraphicGhettoDopeBig CitiesCockroaches Author:Malcolm X
“Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which came out about few years ago. I didn't think of Winter Journal, for example, as an autobiography, or a memoir. What it is is a literary work, composed of autobiographical fragments, but trying to attain, I hope, the effect of music.” ThinkingWritingTryingYearsIdeasWantedBehindsFictionEffectsExampleYears AgoWinterVariousMemoirInterviewsProseVolumeJournalAutobiographyEssaysFragmentsNon FictionLiterary WorksWriting Essays Author:Paul Auster
“I feel like one of the things I'm trying most to do is stretch my empathetic reach, as far as it will go. I got as far as Gilles de Rais' assistant, for example, and not really as far as de Rais himself.” FeelsTryingExampleAssistantsEmpathetic Author:Jim Shepard
“I try to think as little as possible, at least while working. I look at some of my early stories and can see the machination behind them, like a gear slowly moving. For example, sticking a dead father into the story to explain a character's sadness and bad decisions, or trying to impress myself with my own cleverness.” ThinkingTryingLooksLittlesCharacterStoriesMovingFatherMy OwnDecisionBehindsSadnessExampleImpressGearsClevernessBad DecisionDead Father Author:Mary J. Miller
“When you get that person out of that dude, that's the real person, you know. And I don't think its dead, but it needs to be more examples, of what a true gentleman and what a true man in every sense of the word is, and that's what I try to be.” ThinkingKnowsMenNeedsTryingPersonsRealExampleGentlemanReal PersonTrue ManTrue Gentleman Author:Ginuwine
“You can use the [Barack] Obama administration as a recent example. For seven years they've been unopposed. The Republican Party's not trying to stop 'em on a single thing. Much of Obama's agenda has been a success. He has been able to attack various traditions, institutions, and taken over the health care system in this country. They've taken over the student loan, they've taken over the education system, and everybody in it is miserable and unhappy.” TryingYearsHas BeensCountryUseCareAblePartyTakenExampleStudentsRepublicanTraditionInstitutionsSevenVariousUnhappyMiserableAdministrationBarackHealth CareEmsAgendasRepublican PartyLoanSeven YearsEducation SystemHealth Care SystemStudent Loan Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The obvious example would be Jesus. Jesus is an object of fascination for me. He's an interesting historical character because we don't know much about him. He seems to be a guy who was in touch with something deeper than most people around him were and someone who was very concerned with trying to communicate that.” PeopleKnowsTryingCharacterSeemsWould BeGuyJesusInterestingExampleObjectsConcernedHistoricalObviousCommunicateDeeperFascination Author:Brad Warner
“So if you have over-indulged during the holidays, for example, please don't beat yourself up, but rather have compassion and forgiveness and perhaps, even try the Ho'oponono technique.” IfsTryingCompassionExamplePleaseBeatsTechniqueHoliday Author:Marci Shimoff
“I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.” ThinkingTryingSpiritualStrongForceSocialTermExampleVery StrongBalancedSecularLife BalanceShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“I'm still trying to find the perfect Nirvana song that's an example of that, but you do hear a lot of their songs start with an extremely emotional death grunts.” TryingStillsSongPerfectExampleEmotionalGrunt Author:Ian Christe
“There is indeed a level of improvisation where we can distort and shuffle the music patterns, samples, and loops in each phase of the show within fixed cue points, but at the same time there is a constant result that we are trying to achieve each night while performing and operating our system - quite similar in spirit to a broadway show for example: If you go see a musical two nights in a row, the performances are different yet similar.” IfsTryingTwoDifferentShowsSpiritNightLevelsResultsAchieveExamplePerformancesConstantMusicalPatternsPerformingFixedPhasesBroadwayImprovisationSampleLoopsShuffleBroadway Shows Author:Thomas Bangalter
“I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be a gadfly, but I do think that real ideas are troublesome. There should be something about my work that leaves the reader unsettled. I intend that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldTryingIdeasRealExampleReaderConvenientTroublesomeGadflies Author:Richard Rodriguez
“Mexico is sex and Canada is mind. There is much about Canada that I find admirable - the treatment of immigrants, for example, particularly those from Central America during the recent civil wars there. But there is confusion too: I know of Croatian Nazis who are subsidized by the Canadian government to maintain their racist culture. There is Canada, trying to sustain diversity without knowing exactly what it's doing.” KnowsTryingMindWarGovernmentAmericaCultureSexKnowingExampleDiversityConfusionCivil WarCanadaTreatmentRacistImmigrantsMexicoNaziAdmirableCentral AmericaCanadian GovernmentCroatians Author:Richard Rodriguez
“The more outlandish things he said, the deeper the connection. Well, [Donald] Trump has that. That's why I don't think they can destroy Trump the way that they're trying to destroy Trump over this thing in Scotland today. This is a perfect example.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsSaidTodayPerfectExampleTrumpConnectionsDeeperScotlandOutlandish Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You can see examples of this, such as where [George W.] Bush lied to the public, and as a result 72 percent of America was in favor of the Iraqi invasion. Yet now the truth has presented itself and they are trying to save face by appealing to the public's national-istic persona, talking about winning and honor and everything as a reason to continue that illegal immoral occupation.” TryingReasonAmericaFacesWinningResultsTalkingExampleHonorPercentFavorsIllegalOccupationImmoralLiedInvasionPersona Author:Leonard Peltier
“A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.” PeopleTryingSelfMightExampleAcceptanceBe GoodCorePushingBest SelfPushing Each Other Author:Daphne Oz
“Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.” TryingTeacherExample Author:Don Cheadle
“Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.” TryingI CanExampleBeing The Best Author:Baratunde Thurston
“There are guys I admire. Like Jimmy Stewart and - a more modern example - Tom Hanks. They managed to do it and have a really high standard for their work, but at the same time they remained incredibly classy and well-regarded personally throughout the process, which I thought was rare and kind of cool. And I'm trying. I try. I haven't thrown any TVs out the hotel window yet.” TryingWellsKindGuyProcessModernHavensExampleTvsStandardsWindowAdmireThrownHotelTomsJimmyHigh StandardsJimmy Stewart Author:Ryan Reynolds