Life Is Hard Quotes

We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look upon happiness as a birthright, nor do we expect it to be more than peace or contentment. Real joy, the state in which the Yequana spend much of their lives, is exceedingly rare among us. ~ Jean Liedloff

The commercial media … help citizens feel as if they are successful and have met these aspirations, even if they have not. They tend to neglect reality (they don't run stories about how life is hard, fame and fortune elusive, hopes disappointed) and instead celebrate idealized identities – those that, in a commodity culture, revolve around the acquisition of status, money, fame and power, or at least the illusion of these things. The media, in other words, assist the commercial culture in "need creation", prompting consumers to want things they don't need or have never really considered wanting. And catering to these needs, largely implanted by advertisers and the corporate culture, is a very profitable business. A major part of the commercial media revolves around selling consumers images and techniques to "actualize" themselves, or offering seductive forms of escape through entertainment and spectacle. News is filtered into the mix, but actual news is not the predominant concern of the commercial media. ~ Chris Hedges

Life is hard, but death is even harder. ~ Peter Kreeft

Love should be easy. Life is hard. Relationships are complicated. But the love, that's the one thing we should be able to count on. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Life is hard. If we go with these feelings that are wrong, our lives are going to be even more of an uphill battle. things are hard enough, you know? Why make it worse? ~ Sara Shepard

The only joy in this hard life is serving others. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so delicate! ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Democracy, like life, is hard to learn and doesn't have a teacher, ~ Jose Gonzalez

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career. ~ Monica Cruz

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. ~ Ethel Waters

Life is hard. Find some really good people to walk through it with. It makes things a little easier. ~ Andrena Sawyer

Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse. ~ Cat Power

You can quit if you want. If you hate it. If it isn't fun anymore. I'll back you with Dad. But you can't quit just because it's hard. Things are hard for most people. Life is hard. ~ Catherine McKenzie

Life has its share of joys and laughter - but we also know life's road is often very rough. Temptations assail us; people disappoint us; illness and age weaken us; tragedies and sorrows ambush us; evil and injustice overpower us. Life is hard - but God is good, and heaven is real! ~ Billy Graham

Life is hard - not because we're doing it wrong, just because it's hard. ~ Glennon Doyle Melton

Life is hard, and then you die. ~ Erik Naggum

Life is hard people go through things every day so if you go through things in your life just think about the people that have it worse the people that do things to make it in this unforgivable world the people that sell their body to make money to feed their children ~ David Ramos

Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies. ~ Edward Abbey

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required. ~ Robert Breault

For the starving and suffering Lydians, games were a way to raise real quality of life. This was their primary function: to provide real positive emotions, real positive experiences, and real social connections during a difficult time. This is still the primary function of games for us today. They serve to make our real lives better. And they serve this purpose beautifully, better than any other tool we have. No one is immune to boredom or anxiety, loneliness or depression. Games solve these problems, quickly, cheaply, and dramatically. Life is hard, and games make it better. ~ Jane McGonigal

Life is hard. People can't be trusted. Vigilance is key. Be wise about whom you love, and when you do love, do it with every fiber of your being. Till death do you part. ~ David DiBenedetto

Everybody says life is hard. I'm surprised nobody makes effort to not create any lives. ~ Orlyze Simons

You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?
Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender! We are all of us pretty fine asses and asseses of burden! ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the best parts of being human is other humans. It's true, because life is hard; but people get to show up for one another, as God told us to, and we remember we are loved and seen and God is here and we are not alone. We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does. ~ Jen Hatmaker

Life's hard, then you die. ~ Woody Allen

Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life. ~ Kim Cattrall

How close is the ending, well, nobody knows.
The future's a mystery, and anything goes.
Love is confusing, and life is hard.
But you fight to survive, 'cause you've made it this far. ~ Adam Young

Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong - in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art ... Someone on the internet thinks what you're doing is stupid or evil or it's all been done before: make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, eventually time will take the sting away, and it doesn't even matter. Do what only you can do best: make good art. ~ Neil Gaiman

He was trying to make us think about how life is hard and people suffer in all sorts of ways without our adding to their suffering to satisfy our sense of vengeance, but I sort of don't think that the quote holds up in the real world, where literature and schooling and philosophy and morality don't exist, because Asher and Linda and so many other culpable people seem to be fine - functioning exceptionally well within the world even - while I'm under a disgusting bridge about to put a hole in my skull. ~ Matthew Quick

I honestly wish I could believe that things will end perfectly with one big bright happy ending. But these last few days have taught me that life isn't made up of shiny moments. Life is hard; it's gritty. One day you are filled with joy and the next, you are crawling through the muddy trenches with no inkling of when you might be able to climb your way back up again. ~Willow Mosby (Exposing ELE) ~ Rebecca Gober

Nobody in this building asked to be born. You didn't ask to be you, bro. I didn't ask to be me. I didn't ask to have this skin. I didn't ask to be who I was, bro. Nobody in here asked that ... You didn't ask for that. You didn't ask to live where you live or anything. So when you see people, forgive them and accept, you feel me? You gotta open your mind and say, man, nobody asked to be born. Life is hard, kinda. ~ Brandon McCartney

I felt like I had lost something. But not something silly, like my keys or my gum; more like my arm or my foot, something that really mattered. Like something that I could live without, but would make life much harder if it were missing. And life is hard enough. Life is hard enough with everything we're given. ~ James Frey

«Life is hard and confusing, Zane. Love doesn't have to be.» ~ Abigail Roux

...they are able to forgive themselves, as a wise man once said, for being human. That is knowing that life is hard and virtue rare, they keep the ancient faith that it is better to love than to hate, to live fully even if imperfectly. ~ Charles Van Doren

There's a Chinese word that means "soul sister," and that is the word I would use to address you in my heart. Listen to me, soul sister: Fate or luck or destiny already put you through hell once. Please don't make it worse by condemning yourself. There is no choice that would have left you feeling no guilt. Every time I watch Adam struggle to speak, every time I see another child laugh and point at him, every time I watch his face fall as he realizes he is not going to be treated like the other kids, I feel wrenched by guilt just as you did when you heard my story. Life is hard. We make the best choices we can. Condemnation, whether it comes from around you or inside you, only robs the world of another dram of compassion. God knows, we need all the compassion we can get. If you promise to try to forgive yourself, I'll try to forgive myself as well. I think, in my heart of hearts, that there is nothing for either one of us to forgive. ~ Martha Beck

Even if I only wrote erotica, I wouldn't care what you have to say. I make people happy! Blake and I provide readers with fun and entertainment and an escape from their lives, which is a damn good thing because life is hard and really sucks sometimes. Life isn't a fairy-tale and not everyone in gets a happily-ever-after, but in our book world they do. ~ Karina Halle

Life is hard, but I can do hard things ~ Adolescent Rehabilitation

When life is hard it's easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook. ~ Billy Graham

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint. ~ Zig Ziglar

And things are never okay. It does get better I guess, in that you grow to love yourself if you're lucky. But it doesn't get better because life is hard, and people aren't always nice. ~ Justin Vivian Bond

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard. ~ Francis Chan

The vicious demand for happiness, regardless of circumstance, is not what one expects from one's own. Life is hard enough. Requiring a loved one to always be happy-happy-joy in the face of that strain, that cruelty, is not love. It is unforgivable narcissism." She smiled sourly. "The greastest gift you could give someone is space to be sad. Or tired. The failure to understand that simple fact may be why your generation doesn't seem able to form lasting bonds. You all seem to be in it for what the other person can give you, here and now - resources, time, transient euphoria. Not for what you can be together. Over the decades."
–Christopher Zenos
Autumn in Carthage ~ Christopher Zenos

And I am always flattered," Rusty continued, "but I love my sister. Not in an 'I love my sister and I want to make out with her' way, that would be terrible and disturbing, but in an 'I love my sister, and I'm not going anywhere near the girl she likes' way. Be a big mess. Life is hard for me, with all my irresistible sexual magnetism. It's a real problem, almost as bad as the fact that my steps are now the number one crying spot in Sorry-in-the-Vale. I have to maintain control of the situation at all times or my life would devolve into a nonstop romantical frenzy". ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

Life is hard, Quinn, and the hardest part is being yourself in a world of people trying to make you someone you're not. I saw you standing apart form everything that was the same, and that was beautiful, not sad. When I was holding you and Inside of you, I watched your eyes come alive, and fuck spring because you were hotter than summer, and I want to see that again. ~ Kate McCarthy

Don't take yourself too seriously. ~ Trina

I've learned so much from the Pirahas over the years. But this is perhaps my favorite lesson. Sure, life is hard and there is plenty of danger. And it might make us lose some sleep from time to time. But enjoy it. Life goes on. ~ Daniel Everett

Books are supposed to remind you that life is hard for everyone. That other people have it even worse than you. I know you know, that because you love reading as much as I do. ~ Leah Konen

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order ~ David Gerrold

Although life is hard in pace
Lose not thy calm and grace.
If thee are not tender
Vow not to surrender
Eternity lies right before thy face. ~ Ana Claudia Antunes

A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed. ~ Lu Xun

Pause and remember - Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of your needs. You are worth it! ~ Jennifer Young

If you stumble over mere believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe? Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater ~ Yann Martel

I was one of those kids who thought I could be the president of England when I grew up if I wanted to. Then I started acting and realized life is hard and people are mean. And there's no president of England and I'm not British. ~ Riley Keough

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! ~ Charles R. Swindoll

The truth is, what I learned this year is that life is hard ... Good people die for no reason. Little kids get sick. The people that are supposed to love you end up leaving. ~ Jennifer Weiner

Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

If life is hard and we don't celebrate the small accomplishments, what's left? ~ Shawn Goodman

I have learned that in life people will be bitches, & treat you like you are worthless. You just gotta ignore it; let it go in one ear and out the other. Because if you let it bother you, you will be the only one getting harmed. You just have to remember that life is hard, people are idiots, and life will go on and get better. The morons who think they are better than you will look back at you and ask themselves why they treated you that way, because you are living a better life than they ever have. ~ Cara Wells

Not having a private life is hard. ~ Amber Riley

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ~ Horace

I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy. ~ Jamie Lee Curtis

Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it. ~ Aidan Quinn

A dialysis patient's life is hard. Laugh harder. ~ Bob Northam

Alexander, I don't know what's going to happen to me either. So what? So we find out together. That's what a relationship is. If it is not working, fix it. If life is hard we learn from each other. You don't run off to keep from inflicting yourself on someone else. If it gets too much for me, I'll say so, but you don't get to decide that for me. ~ India Drummond

Life is hard, no? And full of sorrow. The Pilani dance in defiance of death and grief and hardship. They choose to burn before the darkness, rather than to gutter out like a dim flame. ~ Alison Croggon

When life presses you down remember that you weren't created for adversity. You were created for love. You were created for an eternally peaceful relationship with Jesus Christ. Remember this and walk in love toward your Savior. When life is hard don't question God, and don't blame Him. Press into Jesus and He'll comfort you. Satan would have you sit alone in brokenness but God would have you climb into His arms and be held. God Holds You Through It All No ~ Adam Houge

Life is hard. Have a cookie! ~ Janet Nash

Nothing I could say or do would help her. Life is hard in a world gone wrong. ~ Dean Koontz

None of us really either know the circumstances of our death or are likely to exert as much control over it as we would like to, but we can certainly have a little more say in it if we are terminally ill than we have at the moment. That's the element of dignity, but sure, life is very hard to organise even when you are fit and healthy. ~ Ian McEwan

If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe? ~ Yann Martel

If you think life is magical or life is hard, either way you are right. Your thoughts are the source of reality. ~ Debasish Mridha

Life is hard. If anyone tells you otherwise, they're lying. But life without faith is even harder. ~ Lori Hatcher

It's good to be with someone
who has been through hell -
life is hard,
and strange,
and a lot of shit happens.
And when someone's been through the
worst of it already,
pain doesn't come as much of a surprise,
they just
sit down
tie their shoelaces
wave to old demons,
and get on with it. ~ Atticus Poetry

Sometimes, teachers must be hard. People must be given a hard message because life is hard, and dying is hard, ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another. ~ James Patterson

Life is hard, money doesn't care, your tears don't add value ~ Kevin O'Leary

Life is hard. What an understatement.
Hard is too mild for the trouble we've seen. Life is hell shot with just enough heaven to make the pains of hope all the sharper.
Life is impossible. Ugly. Agonizing. Inexplicable. Torture. ~ Amy Harmon

God brings tests into your life because your faith in Him
your belief that He is in control and that He is good
can be proved only in times when life is hard. ~ James MacDonald

But that's not true. Not of real faith. Real faith is knowing forgiveness comes, you change, and then you walk and struggle together. Jam your knees, hit your knuckles, scrapes, bruises, broken legs, whatever. Life is hard and it takes guts, faith, and a massive amount of out-of-this-world grace. ~ Jaime Jo Wright

I keep having the same unkind thought: I am preparing for death and everyone else is on Instagram. I know it's not fair, that life is hard for everyone, but I sometimes feel like I'm the only one in the world who is dying. We're all sinking slowly but one day while everyone watches, I will run out of air, I am going to go under. Even explaining it, I feel more and more frantic. There will be a day when I can't take my next breath and I will drown. ~ Kate Bowler

And as we all play parts of tomorrow,
some ways will work and other ways we'll play.
But I know we all can't stay here forever,
so I want to write my words on the face of today.
and then they'll paint it

And oh as I fade away,
they'll all look at me and they'll say,
Hey look at him and where he is these days.
When life is hard, you have to change. ~ Shannon Hoon

My life is hard. No one would rob me of that. The clothes I am wearing came out of a knotted up black plastic trash bag from a resale shop downtown. And not the downtown where shiny cars wink at you in the sunlight. If a car winks at you in this area it's being driven by a person you would be best to avoid.
My side of downtown is crumbling and skirted by chain link fences.
Rocky Evans ~ Gwenn Wright

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard. ~ Philip Roth

We need the whole song, all the verses and the choruses to serve us as our own story unfolds because- trust me- life is hard, but God is good. ~ Gloria Gaither

At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river, life has its moments of drought and its moments of flood. Like the ever-changin cycle of the seasons, life has the soothing warmth of the summers and the piercing chill of its winters. But through it all, God walks with us. Never forget that God is able to lift you from the fatigue of despair to the buoyancy of hope, and transform dark and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of inner peace. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life is hard but so very beautiful ~ Abraham Lincoln

Life is hard enough, so when you can get any joy out of it, whether it's something you do on a day-to-day basis, or the people in your life, or going to see a funny movie, there's just nothing better. That's what life is about. ~ Ari Graynor

It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD. ~ Richard Rohr

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life. ~ Rosanna Arquette

I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine. ~ Joan Cusack

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ~ Joseph Brodsky

Life is hard and then we die! ~ Barbara Johnson

Life is hard for insects. And don't think mice are having any fun either. ~ Woody Allen

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life. ~ Jean Ingelow

If believed that life is a hologram; find the awe in its design.
If believed that life is strange; find the awe in its oddity.
If believed that life is fun; find the awe in its joys.
If believed that life is hard; find the awe in its successes.
If believed that life is beautiful; find the awe in its perfection.
Life is always about finding the awe, for that gives one power to create a wonderful life. ~ Gillian Duce

...I'm ANGRY. I know life is hard, I think EVERYONE knows that in their hearts, but why does it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to BITE?
Why are there no second choices? ~ Stephen King

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. ~ Tupac Shakur

Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We live in a vale of tears ... We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad. ~ Paulo Coelho

Life is hard already. Why make it harder? ~ Sara Shepard