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Trying
QUOTATIONS VARIOUS SOURCES
"The only way to stop smoking is to just stop--no ifs, ands or butts."--Edith Zittler
"You can't TRY to do things; you simply MUST do them."--Ray Bradbury
"Don't say, 'I will try and do it'--that's one of the most evasive statements you can ever make. Either you do it, or you don't do it--there is no trying, or doing your best."--J. Krishnamurti, Meeting Life: Writings and Talks on Finding Your Path Without Retreating from Society, page 127
"I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem. But, the moment you cease to struggle and let the problem tell you the whole story, give all its significance--then there is understanding, which means, obviously, that to understand, the mind must be quiet."--J. Krishnamurti, The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, Volume V, page 358
"Don't try--do it."--Anonymous
"Do it."--Nike advertisement slogan
"Do or do not. There is no try."--Yoda, Star Wars movie character
"Another way of viewing trying is seeing it as an urge associated with, but not necessarily leading to doing."--Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: An A-Z of Persuasive Arguments, page 143
QUOTATIONS KEVIN
"What do people say after they fail? 'I tried.' Therefore, to say 'I'll try' before you start is to plan for failure."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Don't settle for your best, learn to do better."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Don't give it your best, give it your all."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Your best is often poor from a lack of experience and training, hence, we don't want your best--we want what you are capable of with coaching."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"You can try to solve a problem forever."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying denies doing."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is wishing not acting."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is not doing."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is lying to yourself about what you will do."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying scripts you to fail."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying contains a built-in excuse."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying contains the seeds of failure."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying contains the expectation of failure."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will practice."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will do it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will study."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will learn to do it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will research solutions."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will rehearse."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will prepare."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will practice."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will plan."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will learn."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will train."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will get help."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will do the bad less and the good more."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will lower the frequency, intensity, and duration of it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying say I will increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of its replacement."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is the excuse of failing."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying harder will make it harder."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Stop trying and let it be done."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"When you find yourself trying, take a break."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"If you are trying, you are making a mess."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"You cannot try and be."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is the way of sin."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Try it you will destroy it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"You cannot try and succeed."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying starts with pride ends with shame."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to be right is the problem NOT the solution."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to do self ruins self."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to do others turns them against you."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to do life keeps you out of the flow."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is the opposite of humble surrender."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is the way of pride, death, and destruction."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to become is a denial of the time and space of being."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Understanding is postponed by trying."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is NOT winning."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying already gave up."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is NOT persisting."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is the refuge of losers."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying can be done forever without success."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is whining."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying harder is failing harder."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying is its own prison."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying can only lead to lying that you did it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying: study, search, rehearse, prepare, practice, plan, learn, train."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to control others to control how you see yourself cannot lead to peace."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"If you want to be happy, then stop trying to control what others think."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Trying to end the problem by acting out thoughts that are too often, fast, or big starts the problem over."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying and failing choose either to experiment or practice."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
"Instead of trying: do it, apply it, practice it, learn it, experiment with it."--Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
Trying is Planning to Fail
