Things That Are Hard Quotes

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.168, Westminster John Knox Press

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  Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Trying, Determined, Easy

  "Dream the possible dream" Sheryl Sandberg, bluesky.chicagotribune.com. May 3, 2014.

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• It's too easy to give up on the things that are hard to accomplish.

  C. R. Johnson

  Giving Up, Easy, Accomplish

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• I'm a strong believer that you have to have an equal opportunity to fail and to try things that are hard. I always tell my students, "Don't just take things that are easy for you. If you're really good at math, don't take just math. Take classes that make you write. If you're a really great writer, but bad at math, take math and make yourself work your way through it."

  Condoleezza Rice

  Strong, Writing, Math

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver it feels funny being free.

  Amy Ray

  Being Free, Causes, Innocent

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• I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.

  Jason Wade

  Thinking, Band, Free Music

  "Interview: Jason Wade from Lifehouse". FanBolt Interview, www.fanbolt.com. February 1, 2010.

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• The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.

  Mark Rippetoe

  Mind, Way, Train

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• There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can't otherwise see; you hear things you can't otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Understanding, Humanity, Desire

  Bryan Stevenson (2014). “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”, p.290, Spiegel & Grau

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• I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.

  Haley Joel Osment

  People, Spiders, Height

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• When a society is stressed, when it comes up against things that are hard to understand, you get a lot of delusional thinking.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Thinking, Stressed, Delusional

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• Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

  Clayton Christensen

  Children, Self Esteem, Self

  Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor, Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen (2013). “Disruptive Innovation: The Christensen Collection (The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, The Innovator's DNA, and Harvard Business Review article "How Will You Measure Your Life?") (4 Items)”, p.11, Harvard Business Press

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• There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Two, Ghost

  Twitter post from May 04, 2011

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• I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Believe, Life Is Hard, Challenges

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• That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.

  Haruki Murakami

  Reality, Leaving, Principles

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Sputnik Sweetheart”, p.149, Random House

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• We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It's easier to come up with excuses for why we can't do things that are hard or that we really don't want to do.

  Joyce Meyer

  Believe, Giving, Want

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• If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Believe, Reflecting, Findings

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• I should figure out why I'm so much more interested in doing something that I think is really hard. But, somehow, the thing that is hard for me feels more noble.

  Ann Patchett

  Thinking, Noble, Figures

  "Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. December 13, 2013.

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