It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side… and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
When every moment is constantly being filmed, it’s hard to relax.
You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man’s bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man’s stairs.
If you work hard and enjoy what you are doing and go after your dreams anything is possible.
It’s hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I’m talking to them.
I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
We’re always going to argue about abortion. It’s a hard choice and it’s controversial, and that’s why I’m pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.
Life isn’t meant to be easy. It’s hard to take being on the top – or on the bottom. I guess I’m something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things… Life is one crisis after another.
I always tell people that this is a really simple deal: Work hard. If you work hard, follow what’s required and set your priorities right, then you can really perform without taking shortcuts. If you’re taking shortcuts, you can’t be free.
I always thought, ‘That’s just the way you do it.’ You work as hard as you can for as long as you can, and the small gains you make will eventually pay off.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
It’s not that hard to be good, you can be good off raw talent. But I feel like it’s that extra step, doing work and putting a body of work in and doing things when nobody else is watching. When nobody else is telling you to do it, you’re pushing yourself to do it.
In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through – if it is labored, it fails.
I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose… When you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds.
I believe in fate, but I also believe that hard work and diligence plays a very important role in our lives.
Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: ‘Wow, what’s your secret?’ I said: ‘It’s pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o’clock, and I’ll tell you.’
You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!
A Soviet man is a product of invisible changes, degradation and progressive deformation. Breaking the chain of those changes is hard. Perhaps they are irreversible.
For the most part, if you’re willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’
The hard part about following your purpose is the distraction everyone pulls you toward.
I believe in comfort. If you don’t feel comfortable in your clothes, it’s hard to think of anything else.
Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough.
Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don’t – and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest of their lives. Children raised in disadvantaged environments are not only much less likely to succeed in school or in society, but they are also much less likely to be healthy adults.
Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
It’s very hard to be a kid, especially in a predominantly white school or white town where other people want to police your body and hair.
Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter – don’t just be good at one thing; be good at everything.
Is it not hard that even those who are with us should be against us – that a man’s enemies, in some degree, should be those of the same household of faith? Yet so it is.
I’ve worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point.
I know what hard times are like. I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I’ve had struggles.
Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It’s not a place that’s built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it’s glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it’s very hard to get away from its magnetic pull.
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.
If it’s hard to remember, it’ll be difficult to forget.
Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.
Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.
It’s so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of paper and a set of abstract thoughts.
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you’re going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it’s hard to go back.
I’ve worked very hard, but my life’s always been fun.
I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
At the end of the day, it’s a game. You play the best that you can. You need to keep a smile. You need to be nice to others. Everybody’s trying hard.
For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to job.
Once you get a taste of success, it’s a hard thing to turn down.
I really believe that if you want something bad enough, and you work so hard to get it, and you have it inside, then if you just never stop, it’s gonna happen.
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
I had a jazz trio, a rock n’ roll band, and I played drums in junior high, high school, college, big bands, and I played timpani in the symphony. I am a drummer. It’s the one instrument I actually play pretty well. It’s just hard to carry on your back.
I’ve been blessed to have a lot of mentors in my life that just have been good people and hard workers. Jae Crowder is one of them; Jimmy Butler is one of them.
It’s good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can’t be personalized.
Everyone has different paths. I’ve been lucky to have a good support system – my family, friends and colleagues to keep me grounded and humble and to keep working hard. I never give up.
My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.
I did a business in a box called College Pro Painters. They taught you how to paint houses, how to hire and fire, how to sell, how to deal with customers. You got a one-year franchise. It was the hardest year of my life in terms of hard work. I won manager of the year. It was very successful.
I have a dream to have a normal life, someday have a child, get older. But it is hard, it’s a big commitment.
It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.
Times are hard and friends are few.
