Quotes on Hard Times

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If a poor family falls on hard times in the woods, and no one is around to care, did it really happen?

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don't mean it.

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society.

close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere

Without music, life would be a mistake.