The script for ‘The Art of Self-Defense,’ to be fair, I knew going into it that it was going to be a hard movie to get made.
If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Not having a private life is hard.
Coming up with ideas isn’t hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
I’m just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.
When you have tough times, and when you learn you can’t be perfect in every situation, it’s hard to accept, you know, because I still do expect that. But you just have to, because, you know, it’s not about the situation. It’s how you deal with it. You always have a choice.
Work hard, earn a great living, get whatever you want out of life, have all the stuff you want. But there should be a ceiling on it-enough is enough!
My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
I learned conservatism through my grandfather; I didn’t know that was the name. I didn’t know these were conservative principles. Starting his life on a sharecropping farm. Working tremendously hard. Five years old, picking cotton and laying tobacco out to dry on a farm, and today he now owns that farm.
If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
I’m proud of my hard work. Working hard won’t always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I’ve wanted that I haven’t always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
Memorizing lines isn’t really hard. Only with really hard words and stuff.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
It’s hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.
It’s really hard coming of age in today’s society, where society wants you to make the decision of what you want to do with your life by the time you’re 16 years old. Most kids don’t know what they want to do. How could they? They haven’t lived in the real world yet.
Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
Hard work always pays off, whatever you do.
I will continue to work hard until I get to where I want to be.
It’s very hard for me to get a new car. It’s really hard for me to get a new house. It’s really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.
Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.
I’m thankful because all the hard work and sacrifices were worth it in the end.
South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.
Music is like a conversation. One person says one thing that speaks with a harmonica, with a bass, with a drum. They’re all conversating, and we’re just trying to find a way to make conversation rather than blah, blah, blah. But it’s not really so hard a thing to do if you know the way to approach it.
No matter what job or industry you’re in, life is hard, but we’re all going through a difficult time and the best thing we can do is pick each other up and move on together.
That’s my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.
I need to celebrate life because I’m in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and happy with what I do for a living, and sometimes I just focus and overwhelm myself so much with the fights and getting better, that I just need to slow it down and enjoy life and enjoy training.
Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates.
Put your head down and work as hard as you can because there is always someone better out there.
Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday.
There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life.
Humanity I love you because when you’re hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
I’ve worked really hard to bring something more to ‘pretty girl’ roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.
I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don’t think that way. I still don’t have a ‘bliss’ to follow. For people like me – I suspect that’s most people – holding out for a ‘dream’ or a ‘passion’ is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That’s hard enough… but it’s enough.
Facebook is quite entrenched and has a network effect. It’s hard to break into a network once it’s formed.
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.
The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished.
I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I think that shows hard work pays off. A good thing takes a while.
Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake.
Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It’s hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.
It’s hard to be what you can’t see.
Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.
I have a phone obsession. It’s really hard on set sometimes because I’ll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, ‘Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.’ Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.
I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.
Just when we need a strong government, what do we see? Division. Chaos. And failure. No credible plan for Brexit, no solution to prevent a hard border in Ireland and no majority in Parliament for the Chequers proposals.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
It’s just hard to meet new people, in my position.
We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.
