Quotes about Hard Times

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. Votes: 3

Home is Where the Heart Is, Good Friends Are Hard to Find and Impossible to Forget. True Love is Born from Hard Times. Votes: 3

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films. Votes: 3

Perhaps when we die our names are takenfrom us by a divine magnet and are freeto flutter here and there within the bodies of birds.I'll be a simple crowwho can reach the top of Antelope Butte.(From: Hard Times) Votes: 3

The first movie I can remember ever seeing was Hard Times with Charles Bronson and James Coburn. My dad also introduced me to the likes of Jimmy Cagney... John Garfield... Robert Ryan... Steve McQueen... James Caan... Those are my fondest memories. Votes: 3

There is no education like adversity. Votes: 2

Hard times always lead to something great. Votes: 2

Action is the foundational key to all success. Votes: 2

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. Votes: 2

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. Votes: 2

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Votes: 2

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Votes: 2

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate. Votes: 2

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive. Votes: 2

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Votes: 2

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. Votes: 2

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. Votes: 2

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today. Votes: 2

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. Votes: 2

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Votes: 2

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Votes: 2

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. Votes: 2

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? Votes: 2

When I wasn't the flavor of the week or month or day, those were hard times. Votes: 2

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Votes: 2

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. Votes: 2

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable. Votes: 2

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed. Votes: 2

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed. Votes: 2

close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere Votes: 2

I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times. Votes: 2

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Votes: 2

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world. Votes: 2

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff. Votes: 2

Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times. Votes: 2

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Votes: 2

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Votes: 2

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through. Votes: 2

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Votes: 2

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Votes: 2

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat. Votes: 2

By seizing the opportunities that disruption presents and leveraging hard times into greater success through outworking/outinnovating/outthinking and outworking everyone around you, this just might be the richest time of your life so far. Votes: 2

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. Votes: 2

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren't enough to hold us steady when the challenges come... We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life's hard times. Votes: 2

Actually, my friendships are changing because my friends have kids, so that's a new aspect to the material. Not just that I don't want to have kids, it's that I'm having a hard time relating to people I know. Votes: 2

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. Votes: 2

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Votes: 2

I know from my own personal experience. I was bullied in middle school and high school and went through my fair share of hard times thereafter. Also, one of my really good friends committed suicide when I was in high school. Votes: 2

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks. Votes: 2

When businesses go through hard times, through down markets, what do they do is they challenge every basic assumption of how they operate. They innovate. They create disruption for a while that leads them to even greater heights when the economy turns around. Votes: 2

This nation has been through hard times. But those hard times have hardened our resolve. I'm ready to do the difficult work ahead. But I want to do that work with Barack Obama, and not a Tea Party ideologue. We can move America forward, but we can only do it together. Votes: 2

I was bullied and picked on because I was so different to everyone else, and I definitely didn't believe or even know I was fabulous back then. But those hard times made me everything I am today. It's all water under the bridge now, but being bullied and going through adversity definitely made me stronger. Votes: 2

A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character. Votes: 2

You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him? Votes: 2

Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left. Votes: 2

We're living in hard times. Votes: 0

Hard times define one's character. Votes: 0

Hard times produce your greatest gifts. Votes: 0

Times are hard and friends are few Votes: 0

Character is the virtue of hard times. Votes: 0

It's hard being gay in Edwardian times. Votes: 0

It's hard being gay in Edwardian times. Votes: 0

Positive mind-set is vital for surviving hard-times. Votes: 0

There are no hard times for good ideas. Votes: 0

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times. Votes: 0

Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit. Votes: 0

Friends and family matter most during hard times. Votes: 0

Hard times may test me, they cannot destroy me, Votes: 0

Smile even when you're going through some hard times. Votes: 0

We endure hard times by the power of God. Votes: 0

Dreams come true if you survive the hard times! Votes: 0

These times are hard, and so is my penis. Votes: 0

Love as hard as you can, at all times Votes: 0

Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof. Votes: 0

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity. Votes: 0

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask. Votes: 0

These times are so hard, and they're getting even harder. Votes: 0

No matter how hard times are, people still want music. Votes: 0

It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times. Votes: 0

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. Votes: 0

Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times. Votes: 0

Working ten times as hard will make you twice as good. Votes: 0

There have been some hard times, people around me supported me. Votes: 0

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard, Votes: 0

Life is uncertain. We can never predict when hard times shall strike. Votes: 0

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day. Votes: 0

There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles Votes: 0

In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold! Votes: 0

I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times. Votes: 0

I had some wonderful times in my 20s, but your 20s are hard. Votes: 0

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce? Votes: 0

Often times it's really hard for me to articulate why I connect to something. Votes: 0

The were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times Votes: 0

It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times. Votes: 0

I've struggled in my life. I've had hard times, but I kept pressing on. Votes: 0

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse. Votes: 0

I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today. Votes: 0

The purpose of life is to glorify God in both good and hard times alike. Votes: 0

When others are having hard times and poor business, you will find your greatest opportunities. Votes: 0

Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but BAD GUYS do. Votes: 0

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which. Votes: 0

Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we're going to get out of it. Votes: 0

Times were so hard it was difficult to feed and lodge humans, much less animals. Votes: 0

Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency. Votes: 0

It's perfectly possible to love your toddler but struggle to like them when times are hard. Votes: 0

Giving up on life is easier than going through the hard times to find the good. Votes: 0

After you've been wounded a few times, it's hard to let somebody get that deep again. Votes: 0

It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85. Votes: 0

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating. Votes: 0

Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most. Votes: 0

It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going. Votes: 0

On the balance beam, sometimes it's really hard to stay on if you're having some rough times. Votes: 0

There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib Votes: 0

In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for. Votes: 0

Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living; Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Cooking is like snow skiing: If you don't fall at least 10 times, then you're not skiing hard enough. Votes: 0

I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard. Votes: 0

You are not a victim of your circumstance.Stay determine to endure hard times. No situation is permanent. Votes: 0

I turned and bumped by head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface. Votes: 0

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way. Votes: 0

Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful. Votes: 0

The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upward and leads to a perfect forgiveness. Votes: 0

On the radio, turned low, Reba sang of hard times with the full authority of a cross-eyed redheaded millionaire. Votes: 0

there is time to play...and then there are times to work hard and get my fans an album. Votes: 0

Born through hard times, Ghetto child of mine. I wonder if you have to suffer for your father's crimes. Votes: 0

Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Votes: 0

It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all shite! Votes: 0

If a man knows nothing but hard times, he will paint them, for he must be true to himself. Votes: 0

It's hard to tell what people realize. Everybody's different and has a different understanding of the difference in times. Votes: 0

I'll always be with you, inside and out," she reads. "Through hard times and helpless ones, through love, through doubt. Votes: 0

We have lived through some unforgettable times together, some good, some bad, achieving results that will be hard to equal. Votes: 0

Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They're not arbitrary or random, and they're definitely not cruel. Votes: 0

Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard. Votes: 0

I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times. Votes: 0

A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times. Votes: 0

Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise. Votes: 0

It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times. Never give up. Good things are coming your way. Votes: 0

I could endure hard times thanks to my fans that stood by me. I decided that I wouldn't disappoint them. Votes: 0

In hard times, beauty can seem frivolous - but take it away, and all you're left with is hard times. Votes: 0

Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. Votes: 0

You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself. Votes: 0

I'm really quite hard to scare so it was about mining times when I have jumped, and what creeps me out. Votes: 0

Embrace your fire - even in hard times. A down economy can actually be a great time to start a business. Votes: 0

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day. Votes: 0

His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times. Votes: 0

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me. Votes: 0

If we conducted ourselves as sensibly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a competence. Votes: 0

I've been hit in the head so many times, it's hard to remember that far back. I don't remember specific games. Votes: 0

People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony. Votes: 0

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. Votes: 0

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day. Votes: 0

The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values. Votes: 0

I think hard times are coming. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality. Votes: 0

If a poor family falls on hard times in the woods, and no one is around to care, did it really happen? Votes: 0

We need to make a change while there's still time, it is hard, and at times I struggle trying to reveal mine. Votes: 0

I realize that even through the hard times I'm sure we'll face, I'll never be able to walk away from her. -Micha Votes: 0

I guess Judd (Apatow) is my soul mate because we have a lot of hard times, and it's great at times, too. Votes: 0

It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. Votes: 0

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased. Votes: 0

I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can. Votes: 0

Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times. Votes: 0

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them. Votes: 0

My whole body is a wreck. I've injured myself so many times with jujitsu, skateboarding, football. I guess I like to live hard. Votes: 0

In hard times nothing is visible life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court. Votes: 0

That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones. Votes: 0

The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure. Votes: 0

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. Votes: 0

I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too. Votes: 0

It's hard to make a living in music, so a lot of times in the arts it's safer to kind of fit into a box. Votes: 0

It's so easy to write songs about misery and hard times and sadness. It's much more difficult to write songs about happy and chirpy stuff. Votes: 0

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages. Votes: 0

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. Votes: 0

When everything is going greatly, you can never see the real faces of the people! Wait for the hard times to see the true face! Votes: 0

There are times when you get hit upon, Try hard but you cannot give. Other times you'd gladly part, With what you need to live Votes: 0

It is sad that today many times people give up in the hard times and never get to enjoy the fruit of all their labor. Votes: 0

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. Votes: 0

Although the recession is strong and although hard times await us in the next 2 or 3 months, Spain will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2009. Votes: 0

In our researches on the likely economic apocalypse it's become clear what is the prime survival tool for hard times: friends. Good friends. Lots of them. Votes: 0

Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting. Votes: 0

Please don't expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand. Votes: 0

We have to fight twice as hard, three times as hard - not only as conservatives, but frankly, as women - to have our voices heard. Votes: 0

Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better. Votes: 0

The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes. Votes: 0

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. Votes: 0

I've been very sensitive for a long time to the repeated pattern, during economic hard times or after a war, of the United States' essentially unilaterally disarming. Votes: 0

The joy in motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Votes: 0

Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves." Votes: 0

Taking baths in Africa was a real challenge at times. I got real dirty, and sometimes I stayed like that for 2 days. That was pretty hard going. Votes: 0

Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times. Votes: 0

If you can wear the hard times of your life as furrows on your brow, you can wear the good times as a twinkle in your eye. Votes: 0

Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves. Votes: 0

The times I've been most successful have been the product of hard work and focus, but there's also been an ease and flow to it that's unmistakable. Votes: 0

I would say hard times call for hard measures, but the Constitution is even a greater treasure than these monuments and the great men who inspired them. Votes: 0

Strategy doesn't change when hard times arrive. Consumers' willingness to try, and to stay loyal, remains, the goal. Winners know this; their brand focus and strategy remains consistent. Votes: 0

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times. Votes: 0

Donald Trump has built a business through hard times and through good times. He's brought an extraordinary business acumen, he's employed tens of thousands of people in America. Votes: 0

Sometimes, when the wind hits hard and icicles form on the sea cliffs, we can all come together - and at those times, we are at our best. Votes: 0

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age. Votes: 0

Success came to us at an age where we could enjoy it. We went through a lot of hard times, so we appreciate success all the more now. Votes: 0

That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out. Votes: 0

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. I don't want to be too dramatic, but it's hard. It's necessary to start most work alone. Votes: 0

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship. Votes: 0

Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you! Votes: 0

There were times when I'd bench players for their lack of effort. We worked very hard on fundamentals, which was the Dodger way. We needed to be more aggressive. Votes: 0

Ball parks are smaller and baseballs are livelier. They've practically got pitchers wearing straitjackets. Bah! They still allow the knuckleball, and that is three times as hard to control. Votes: 0

Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever. Votes: 0

I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person. Votes: 0

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit. Votes: 0

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists. Votes: 0

Don't get discouraged, and think positive all the time. Don't get down on yourself if you lose out a couple of times. It's just a lot of hard work. Votes: 0

Even the hard times are part of your life story. If you acknowledge them and move past them, they eventually add up to the experience that makes you wise. Votes: 0

I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit. Votes: 0

the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up. Votes: 0

In hard times of severe crisis if you want to create new jobs, I recommend you to start killing some people. It's the old "topos" of war in time of peace. Votes: 0

The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition. Votes: 0

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times. Votes: 0

It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too. Votes: 0

Money is a very dangerous thing, you have to get know how to look after it or else you will loose it with ease and remember how you would've it in hard times. Votes: 0

Bell Labs was an astonishing place for many decades, though it fell on somewhat hard times during the telecom meltdown some years ago, as its corporate owner had to cope with shrinking markets. Votes: 0

And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It's all about light and shade. Balance. Votes: 0

I know the game wasn't a classic, but the night was about more than that-it was about bringing back the memories and raising money for former heroes who have now fallen on hard times. Votes: 0

I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else. Votes: 0

If you have a difficult marriage, it's the hard times that make it better. If you have a relationship, it's the hard times that actually make it better, and that goes for life as well. Votes: 0

I am thankful for all the hard times I've been through and all the tears I've cried because that has put me as closer to God and made me the strong woman I am today! Votes: 0

If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people should come upon hard times, why should they immediately give up on themselves? Votes: 0

One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired. Votes: 0

I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income. Votes: 0

You see, when we talk about perfect trust, we're talking about what gives us roots, character, the stability to handle the hard times. Trusting God doesn't alter our circumstances. Perfect trust in Him changes us. Votes: 0

Pointing out that overspending on public-employee benefits leads to fiscal instability does not mean that public employees are bad people or that they deserve to fall on hard times; it's just observing a simple truth. Votes: 0

Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways. Votes: 0