Lil B
Rapper
"Nobody asked to be born. Life is hard, kinda."
Life Is Hard quotes
Life Is Hard
91 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Amy Grant
Singer, Songwriter
"Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like."
Sinclair Lewis
Novelist
"Life is hard and astonishingly complicated.... No one great reform will make it easy. Most of us who work -- or want to work -- will always have trouble or discontent. So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties, and make others happy."
Billy Graham
Evangelist, Author
"When life is hard it's easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook."
Paul Simon
Musician, Songwriter
"Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?"
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"The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die."
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"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!"
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"Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life."
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"I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems."
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"Life is hard but so very beautiful"
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"After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life."
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"As I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't, but it wasn't hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard."
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"Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies."
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"Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens."
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"You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you."
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"I made up my mind several years ago that I had worked very hard to get to where I am in life and that I was only going to do things that are fun and exciting."
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"Life's hard, then you die."
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"Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses."
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"Some people say it is hard to live in such a way, being completely one with the present moment. Of course, it is not hard. The opposite is hard. Not being one with life is hard, and that is how most people live."
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"We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad."
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"Life is hard if you think it's hard."
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"I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?"
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"I'm sure you've felt this way along the way: Yes, I got to do what I wanted to do. But it was much harder than I thought it was going to be, and it continues to be. You never get to a place that is a place of rest. I think that's OK. It's not bad - life is hard work!"
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"Life is hard, but it's even harder when you don't wanna face it."
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"You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening?"
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