Quotes by Hard Times Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones. Jacques Roumain hard-timesleavingtables As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head. Jacques Roumain hard-timesbrokenmen As a poet who has the tools for interpreting the poem differently, you can begin to deconstruct it. But the human being who's like, "I know about conversation, I know about language, I know about hard times," will approach the poem differently. Jacqueline Woodson hard-timeslanguagetools The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values. James A. Garfield pathwayspanichard-times My brand of leadership, which is very focused on bringing people together, solving problems - it's what I have always tried to do - just had a hard time being as powerfully compelling in the campaign as I think it has been in previous years for other candidates. Hillary Clinton hard-timespeoplethinking The principal, the only, thing a man makes, is his condition of fate. Though commonly he does not know it, nor put up a sign to this effect, "My own destiny made and mended here." (Not yours.) He is a master workman in the business. He works twenty-four hours a day at it, and gets it done. Whatever else he neglects or botches, no man was ever known to neglect this work. A great many pretend to make shoes chiefly, and would scout the idea that they make the hard times which they experience. Henry David Thoreau hard-timesfatedestiny Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love James E. Faust hard-timescompassionself Dagwood Bumstead was a great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he got knocked down every day, he never got to eat his sandwich every day, the dog jumped on him every day, his wife was giving him a hard time and he showed up every day. James L. Brooks hard-timesherodog Many people have a very hard time truly believing that doing the right thing by others, striving to serve them to the greatest extent, can actually be a competitive advantage. James M Strock hard-timesbelievepeople I can write anywhere really. I have a hard time writing when the birds are tweeting and the brooks are running outside. I've tried that several times, for months at a time, trying to write in a quiet, wonderful place where birds are twittering and coffee's brewing. And nothing happens. But if I'm in an old dump like my old apartment and I can't find my fingernail clippers and nothing's working except the old tea maker, that's just great. You always have to find and live in a place that's a little uncomfortable when you're a writer. You need a burr in your side. James McBride hard-timeswritingrunning I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity in my life. James Paxton hard-timesmusiciancalling God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us. James Potter hard-timesprayinginspirational I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a column is really good for me - the column has to be done, and there's no getting around it. James Surowiecki hard-timeswritingthinking I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore. Jason Wu bullyinghard-timesschool I could endure hard times thanks to my fans that stood by me. I decided that I wouldn't disappoint them. Jay Park thankshard-timesfans View life as a learning opportunity. Ask God what He wants you to learn from the situations you face. . . . When we set aside specific time to listen, He often encourages us with His presence and promises, and interprets to some degree the circumstances of life. Take advantage of the natural lull after hard times when you're pulling together the pieces to sort through the events and ferret out the lessons. Jean Fleming hard-timesgodopportunity You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good. Especially if you act right away. The longer you let evil hang around and get a grip on you, the harder it is to get rid of it. Jean Ferris true-evilhard-timesself U.N. officials said today they desperately need $7 billion to help people cope with disasters, but they're having a hard time getting people to send rescue money. Here's what the UN should do: Invest in bad mortgages, run a bank into the ground, give yourself a bonus, get some spa treatments and, in no time, the government will send you $750 billion. Jay Leno hard-timesgovernmentrunning 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. Jeb Bush heighthard-timeschallenges I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ? Jeffrey Hunter hard-timesplayjesus«1011121314151617181920»
