Quotes About Hardship

There was an old saying about a rock and a hard place.

If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it

No bal maidens or spallers

Youth was so mercilessly hard in its decisions; it had its own unyielding standards and had not yet learned enough to know that time would prove them arbitrary.

No prize was to reward the sacrifices of the combatants. Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

War is a hard school, but the British, once compelled to go there, are attentive pupils.

Hard as are the tests of battle, the armies of all nations have withstood them. But here was the long gnawing strain of suffering much and talking more, of having little and doing nothing.

War is very cruel. It goes on for so long.

La adversidad es una carambola imposible. Una chuza robada por el diablo. Un triste logaritmo inoperante. Pienso que la conozco, y ella a mí, pero seguro estoy exagerando. Dudo que sea digno de que La Adversidad me vea de frente y pronuncie mi nombre.

Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?

Meanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defence, not God's, that the self-righteous should rush.

Be not too hard For life is short and nothing is given to man. Be not to hard When he is sold and bought And must manage as best he can. Be not to hard For soon he dies Often no wiser than he began. Be not too hard For life Is short And nothing is given to man.

I've butchered my own chickens, milked my own goats, and ridden in Amish buggies, and believe me, when it comes to meals and daily commutes, you need only one go-round with those experiences to appreciate how nice it is to have machines take all the gore, udders, and manure off your hands.

My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

Christopher Paul Curtis

Life was hard. Life was good. Most folks think this a contradiction, but I have learned that the hardest, most difficult times of my life caused the most growth in my character.

We may be poor, but at least we've always been honest." Something broke inside Han, and when he opened his mouth the words came spilling out. "We're

Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.

The extra mile is a lot longer than the rest.

Sometimes life can be tough and hard. Technicalities of life make it harder.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

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Men dig tons of earth to find an ounce of gold.

Once upon a time they had some bad luck, and they blame everything on that.