Harder Quotes - Page 31

• Work harder to appreciate your ordinary day.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Ordinary Days, Appreciate, Work Harder

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• Excuse me, but I’ve been to some of the toughest zones in the galaxy to get my targets. And I have never once gone after a target and failed. Ever. (Shahara) Yeah, but you’ve never been chased before. It’s a lot harder to be the prey than it is to be the predator. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Target, Gone, Predator

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• You don't have to make things harder then they have to be just to prove a point.

  Sarah Dessen

  Prove

  "Lock and Key". Book by Sarah Dessen, April 22, 2008.

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• Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.

  John Marsden

  Deeper, Feels

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• His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.

  George Orwell

  Answers, Problem, Motto

  George Orwell (2016). “Animal Farm”, p.10, Hamilton Books

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• Also, he was smoking a cigar, and when a man is smoking a cigar, wearing a hat, he has an advantage; it is harder to find out how he feels.

  Saul Bellow

  Men, Smoking, Hats

  Saul Bellow (2013). “Seize the Day”, p.6, Odyssey Editions

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• It's funny about love', Sophia said. 'The more you love someone, the less he likes you back.' 'That's very true,' Grandmother observed. 'And so what do you do?' 'You go on loving,' said Sophia threateningly. 'You love harder and harder.

  Tove Jansson

  Grandmother, Goes On, Likes

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• Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure Charlotte let you stay.

  Cassandra Clare

  Night, Gentleman, Bedroom

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist domination must work harder to divide and conquer.

  Bell Hooks

  Color, White, People

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• I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

  Al Gore

  Funny, Witty, Regret

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• They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.

  Markus Zusak

  Jobs, War, Views

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.309, RH Childrens Books

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• Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

  Naomi Novik

  New York, Believe, Unicorn

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• The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall.

  Loretta Chase

  Fall, World, Bigger

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• Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You're ignorant, but at least you act on it.

  Bill Watterson

  Men, Risk, Ignorant

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• Nice girl who knew cars. Wow. I stared at her face harder, wishing I knew how to make it work. C’mon, Jake – imprint already.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girl, Nice, Car

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• Distinguish yourself [...] in an age where girls often make themselves too available to boys, by making him work a little for your attention. He'll think he's won a prize when he gets it, and he'll work that much harder to keep it. Boys turn into men and men put a premium on what's hard to get.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Girl, Boys, Men

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• The Archangel." I murmured. looking back over my shoulder at the ride, which had started its next ascent. "It means high-ranking angel." There was a definite smugness to his voice. "The higher up, the harder the fall.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Fall, Angel, Mean

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2009). “Hush, Hush”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• ...choosing words is harder than I thought.

  Cynthia Lord

  Cynthia Lord (2013). “Rules”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.

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• To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Soul, Doe

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.551, Penguin

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• When you trust in the Lord, when you are willing to let your heart and your mind be centered in His will, when you ask to be led by the Spirit to do His will, you are assured of the greatest happiness along the way and the most fulfilling attainment from this mortal experience. If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you.

  Richard G. Scott

  Heart, Challenges, Mind

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• It is only now, these years later, that Rahel with adult hindsight recognized the sweetness of that gesture. A grown man entertaining three raccoons, treating them like real ladies. Instinctively colluding in the conspiracy of their fiction, taking care not to decimate it with adult carelessness. Or affection. It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. To let it be, to travel with it, as Velutha did, is much the harder thing to do.

  Arundhati Roy

  Dream, Real, Men

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• Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Art, Being Free, Use

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• There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

  Elizabeth Kostova

  Talking, Silence, Moments

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• What's with all the running, anyway? I mean, I realize the importance of stamina and all that, but shouldn't I be moving on to something with a little hitting? They're still killing me in group practice.” "Maybe you should hit harder.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Moving, Mean

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.53, Penguin

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• Lying to yourself is easy, too. I know. It's much harder to stay and deal with consequences.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Lying, Easy, Deals

  Maria V Snyder (2013). “Sea Glass”, p.394, MIRA

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