(151 quotes found)
“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity”
Charles Caleb Colton
“I wasn't concerned about the hardships, because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.”
Katherine Dunham
“Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.”
Seneca
“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably --why, then I don't think I deserve any reward for my hard day's work --for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
Herman Melville
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.”
Elias A. Ford
“Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“This year's applicants were by far the most inspiring group our committee has ever scrutinized, both in terms of hardship and the courage they have displayed. Even though some of the stories are heart wrenching, each person on the scholarship committee considers it a privilege to be able to be a part of this program and give help and hope to these students and their families.”
Tom Gullikson
“We know the general strike will cause hardship to the people. But we urge them to bear with us and face four days of difficulties for the greater cause of democracy.”
Subash Nemwang
“Hardship makes the world obscure.”
Don Delillo
