Hard Way Quotes - Page 2

• It took me better than a quarter century to learn, the hard way, that hard work at something you want to be doing is the most fun that you can have out of bed . . . to learn that the smart man finds ways to make everything he does be work; to learn that "leisure" time is truly pleasurable (indeed tolerable) only to the extent that is its subconscious grazing for information with which to infuse newer, better work.

  Spider Robinson

  Fun, Smart, Hard Work

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• Maybe tomorrow is counting on me
  To learn my lessons today
  I'll start by taking a step at a time
  And stop throwing my blessings away
  I'll get myself up and I'll brush myself off
  And take back some of the pride that I've lost
  'Cause you can't always keep your feet on the ground
  I guess we all learn the hard way and we all fall down

  Bekka Bramlett

  Song, Fall, Pride

  Song: We All Fall Down

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• It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm really stressed out, I can take it out on my body and hurt myself. Sometimes I need to be as loving and soft with myself as possible. I've had to learn how to pay attention. It's a kind of mind-set.

  Lisa Edelstein

  Hurt, Mind, Stressed

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• It [further education] is most essential,otherwise I would not have educated my sons. I learnt the hard way.Maybe if I had some education my success and growth would have been quicker.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  Inspirational, Son, Growth

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• Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.

  Don Williams

  Lesson Learned, Luck, Lessons

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• Most of my colleagues go on backpacking trips when they have to do some thinking. I go to a good hardware store and head for the oiliest, dustiest corners... If they're really good, they don't hassle me. They let me wander around and think. Young hardware clerks have a lot of hubris. They think they can help you find anything... Old hardware clerks have learned the hard way that nothing in a hardware store ever gets bought for its nominal purpose. You buy something that was designed to do one thing, and you use it for another.

  Neal Stephenson

  Thinking, Clerks, Use

  "Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller". Book by Neal Stephenson, May 1988.

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• All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.

  Robert Greene

  Crush, Revenge, Fire

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• I learned the hard way. When I started hitting home runs, I thought, I can hit these pitches. Then I started thinking, if I can do this, I can hit the pitch four inches outside or four inches up. I expanded the zone and got myself out. Pitchers are smart. If they find out they don't have to throw strikes, they won't.

  Carlos Delgado

  Running, Smart, Home

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• To die with elation is a crappy way of dying... A warrior dies the hard way. His death must struggle to take him. A warrior does not give himself to it.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Struggle, Warrior, Giving

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• I always call niggas fools for wanting to learn the hard way. When I'm really the fool for tryna teach 'em. When the blinds leading the blind. You can't reach 'em. If niggas ain't as hungry as you then why feed 'em? Niggas ain't tryna be lead then why lead 'em? Having big problems with your dogs, why breed em?

  Joe Budden

  Dog, Ems, Way

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• I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Benefits, Way, Privacy

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• Over the years, a number of very smart people have learned the hard way that a long string of impressive numbers multiplied by a single zero always equals zero.

  Warren Buffett

  Zero, Smart, Years

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• I have in the past tended to overestimate the amount of change I can affect in the short run and then not fully appreciate the change I can affect in the long run. And so I've learned that it's critical to think carefully about the pace of change, and it's something that I've learned the hard way.

  Harry West

  Running, Past, Thinking

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I learned about sex the hard way... from books.

  Emo Philips

  Sex, Book, Way

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• I had no contact with my contemporaries in the photographic field, nor even knowledge of their work. So I was influenced by no-one and there were no short cuts for me. I was self-taught the hard way, by trial and error.

  George Rodger

  Cutting, Errors, Self

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• I'm not the kind of person who could join AA or have rules for myself or on Thursday take this vitamin pill. So, basically, I learned the hard way. I learned by trial and error, and tried to get drugs out of my work. That took about a year. If I was going to work, it was best that I be straight. And I was surprised at what came out.

  Iggy Pop

  Years, Errors, Drug

  "New Again: Iggy Pop". Interview With Lisa Robinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• Showrunning is not a one-man job; it's literally impossible to do for one person. I have learned the hard way now from two seasons, one with Red Widow, and this, I can't control everything. I certainly have tried, but having an incredibly strong team around you, surrounding yourself with incredibly talented people, that is the trick, and I certainly had that for the first season here of Jessica Jones.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Strong, Jobs, Team

  Source: deadline.com

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• I learned the hard way that not only do you not have to be superwoman, but it's better not to be and not to try to be. What I would like to be is just a good person - someone who tries her best and puts her best foot forward.

  Cindy McCain

  Feet, Trying, Way

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• I learnt the hard way about positioning in business, about catering to the right segments.

  Shaffi Mather

  Way, Catering, Hard

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• That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.

  Patti LaBelle

  Relationship, Flower, Love Is

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• You have to earn money the hard way. Because no-one will serve it up to you on a silver platter.

  Gordon Wu

  Money, Work, Silver Platter

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• I've learned enough things the hard way to know we humans can make a difference.

  Richard Patrick

  Differences, Making A Difference, Way

  "Richard Patrick of Filter". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

  Michael Ealy

  Smart, Book, Way

  "Michael Ealy Breaks Down ‘Think Like A Man,’ Relationships And His Return To Broadway". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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• Spain travel tip: If bathroom genders are indicated by flamingos, the boy flamingo is the one with a hat. I learned this the hard way.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Travel, Boys

  Twitter post from Jul 10, 2009

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• I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

  Tom Kristensen

  Humble, Thinking, Japan

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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