He Tries Quotes

89 He Tries quotes by 82 unique authors

God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth, and he tries you through and through. And when you find that your faith… — Mahatma Gandhi
Death used to be an executioner, but the resurrection of Christ makes him nothing but a gardener. When he tries to bury you, he's really… — George Herbert
No man could bring himself to reveal his true character, and, above all, his true limitations as a citizen and a Christian, his true meannesses,… — H. L. Mencken
I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he… — Kafu Nagai
What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting;… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
Man may live and man may die searching for the question why. But if he tries to rule the sky, he must fall. — Cat Stevens
When a man does not live with his children and does not get along with the mother of his children, his fatherhood becomes essentially untenable,… — David Blankenhorn
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. / No one knows what he can do till he tries. — Publilius Syrus
Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful… — Paul Cezanne
We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak which… — Max Planck
But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with… — Theodore Roosevelt
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the… — Norman Vincent Peale
I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries. — Arnold Palmer
A man, as we see in this world, is chaos, but he doesn't recognize that fact so he tries to bring order into everything. Order… — Frederick Lenz
[David] Mamet's the writer I admire most but he's way off from when he tries to talk about what the moral appeal of liberal thought… — David Hare
A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial. — Philo
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the… — Joseph Conrad
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through… — Joyce Meyer
I mean, George Bush is a man of prayer. He talks to the lord. He tries to get his direction from the lord. — Pat Robertson
I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that… — J.R.R. Tolkien
He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing… — Jhumpa Lahiri
This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This… — Jean-Paul Sartre
No man knows what he can do until he tries. — Carter G. Woodson
Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself. — Michael Chabon

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