Hardest Thing Quotes - Page 16

• Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.

  Maya Banks

  Giving, Sometimes, Hardest

  Maya Banks (2007). “Love Me, Still”, p.45, Samhain Publishing

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• One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Honesty, World, Helpful

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• It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.

  Pat Barker

  Pain, Empathy, Goes On

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• Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

  Dean Koontz

  Teacher, Loss, Said

  Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.1003, Bantam

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• Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all.

  Julian Barnes

  Simple, Purpose, Clarity

  Julian Barnes (1985). “Flaubert's parrot”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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• The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

  Confucius

  Cat, Dark, Black

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• The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience.

  Norman Maclean

  Cases, Hardest, Behinds

  Norman Maclean, Barry Moser (1989). “A River Runs Through It”, p.59, University of Chicago Press

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• I prayed all the way up that hill yesterday, he said softly. Not for you to stay; I didna think that would be right. I prayed I'd be strong enough to send ye away. He shook his head, still gazing up the hill, a faraway look in his eyes. I said 'Lord, if I've never had courage in my life before, let me have it now. Let me be brave enough not to fall on my knees and beg her to stay.' He pulled his eyes away from the cottage and smiled briefly at me. Hardest thing I ever did, Sassenach.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Strong, Fall, Eye

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.437, Dell

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• To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Funny Inspirational, Integrity, Inspirational Life

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• One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• some things don't matter much. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart--now, that matters. The whole problem with people is...they know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Heart, What Matters, Color

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• Piece by piece living is hard to do. It may even feel like the hardest thing. But it has this going for it: you never need to know what it is you're carrying on your shoulders.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Needs, Going For It, Pieces

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• It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And that’s the sin that can’t be forgiven--that I hadn’t done what I wanted. It feels so dirty and pointless and monstrous, as one feels about insanity, because there’s no sense to it, no dignity, nothing but pain--and wasted pain...why do they always teach us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage.

  Ayn Rand

  Courage, Pain, Dirty

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.571, Penguin

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• That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Wise, Men, Judging Yourself

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• Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

  Albert Camus

  Believe, Men, Desire

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.63, Vintage

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• The two hardest things about writing are starting and not stopping.

  Stewart O'Nan

  Writing, Two, Stopping

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• One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.

  Alan Bennett

  Teacher, Boys, Trying

  Alan Bennett (2008). “The History Boys”, p.47, Faber & Faber

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• Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.

  Garry Kasparov

  Success, Choices, Decision

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.104, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• It's the hardest thing to come up with an hour of material that can consistently keep people laughing.

  Aziz Ansari

  People, Laughing, Hours

  "Q+A: Aziz Ansari, Overachiever". Interview with Adam K. Raymond, www.esquire.com. April 25, 2012.

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• The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Running

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• Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

  George Foreman

  Hardest, Things To Do, You Choose

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

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• The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.

  Robert Breault

  Parent, Bruises, Accepting

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• The hardest thing I have done is given up power.

  Ronald Lauder

  Done, Given, Hardest

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• Take the very hardest thing in your life - the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.

  Lilias Trotter

  Life, God, Christian

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• It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who like themselves - I don't want to see them!

  Mike Nichols

  Mean, People, Earth

  "Waiting for the Smile". Interview with Sam Kashner, Jessica Diehl, www.vanityfair.com. April 2012.

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