Quotes about Hardship

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

Can economic hardship, such as the loss of a job, be a blessing in disguise? Perhaps yes, if the result is the awakening of an entrepreneurial spirit and the creation of a new business.

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, but, he said, that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

When the going is hardest, just keep on keeping on, and you'll get there sooner than someone who finds the going easy.

Life is difficult. That blunt, three-word statement is an accurate ap praisal of our existence on this planet.

Every achievement worth remembering is stained with the blood of diligence and scarred by the wounds of disappointment

Misery is the company of lawsuits.

Tough shit, buddy. Your tough shit...

They had become an occasional mutter, like the interior sounds a woman makes when she believes she is alone and unobserved at her work: a sth when she misses the needle's eye; a soft moan when she sees another chip in her one good platter; the low friendly argument with which she greets the hens.