Hard Quotes

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

You know it's very hard to maintain a theory in the face of life that comes crashing about you.

It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.

Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.

If you say that you're a cheap designer, you're a cheap designer. It's really hard to recover from that.

I've had hard coaches all my life.

The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

I've always believed in God. I remember once a guy asked me what it was like to be self-employed. I said, I'm not self employed. I work for God. The pay is good; He works me hard.

I'm in love with my job and money comes with that. I do what I can, and in life and in general, you're rewarded for hard work.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement.

We always try to remember that at the end of the day, it's just cookies. Don't stress that hard, because it's a terrible thing to take home with you.

It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in.

I tried the religion scam in Miami, so I know how hard that gig is. But, if you can get it to work, starting your own religion is a license to print money.

The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the 'hard' sciences so brilliantly successful.

I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.

What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily.

Enjoy your life and put a smile on your face, no matter how hard it may seem.

The sky is the limit when you work hard.

You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

The Big Lie makes those who toil appear to be idle, while those who speak into dictaphones appear to be the hard workers.

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.

It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.

Any criticism of someone you love is hard to take.

Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.

Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

Нaving such a huge fan base, it's hard to see that and be motivated when you have so many people who support you and want to see you perform.

It's very hard to be objective about something you're in, especially when you set it up against things that you experienced as a child.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.

If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.

I found it hard to make friends in school, because I was a cerebral person.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me