Trying Our Best Quotes

• Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Thinking, People, Waiting

  "Actor, Activist Danny Glover: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide “Mystified” at US Resistance to His Return". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2010.

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• I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

  "Gisele Bundchen Breast-Feed Photo Prompts Internet Buzz". www.foxnews.com. December 11, 2013.

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• Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.” “If you had let me finish,” Skulduggery said, slightly annoyed, “you would have heard me say, ‘Come out, we’re not going to hurt you’. Idiot.” “He probably wouldn’t have said idiot,” Valkyrie told the sobbing man. “We’re trying our best to be nice.” The man blinked through his tears, and looked up. “You’re... You’re not going to kill me?” “No, we’re not,” Valkyrie said gently, “so long as you wipe your nose right now.

  Derek Landy

  Hurt, Nice, Men

  Derek Landy (2010). “Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 5)”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

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• We don't think of ourselves as do-gooders or altruists. It's just that somehow we're trying our best to be run with some sense of moral compass even in a business environment that is growing.

  Craig Newmark

  Running, Thinking, Trying

  "CRAIGSLIST / On the record: Craig Newmark". The SFGATE Interview, www.sfgate.com. August 15, 2004.

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• It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certain about our own judgment. It is knowing that God's purpose exceeds whatever we can put in an agenda.

  John C. Danforth

  Always Trying, Knowing, Inspire

  "Faith and Politics". Book by John Danforth, p. 189, September 19, 2006.

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• I would just imagine there's a criticism for just about everything, if you want to take something down. No one's invincible. The Jicks are a work in progress and we don't think everything we do is the bee's knees or something, we're just trying our best to get turned on by what we're doing.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Thinking, Criticism, Progress

  Source: pitchfork.com

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