Hardtimes Quotes & Sayings

Hard times nurture the beauty of hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. ... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've started collecting taxidermy: I've got a red squirrel, called Steve. I made sure he came with certificates so we know he wasn't just killed for stuffing. — Arthur Darvill

The endurance mood is the suppression of pain. Pressing ahead towards achieving the ultimate goal. — Lailah Gifty Akita

With patience endurance, you can survive any storm. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I very seldom said no, and I was aided and abetted by my husband, who realized that the one thing I could do was to be a very good actress, by his note. — Angela Lansbury

Endure the pain, overcome the hurt. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Cradle of Solitude
For we know not why our tribulations
are given as such
our fragile forms
created from the dust ... — Muse

Clarabelle ... Clarabelle ... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?'
'One of the. He fired all the others.'
'But not you?'
'He fired me on the second day, but I kept coming in. I had nowhere else to go.'
'And then you killed him.'
'Yes.'
'A Remnant squirmed inside you, and you killed Kenspeckle Grouse.'
'Yes.'
Nye grinned. 'You're hired. But I have warn you, if you try to kill me, I will dissect you and sing along to your screams.'
'Can I have Mondays off?'
'You may. — Derek Landy

Every stage of life has its own challenges. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It takes grace to endure hardtimes — Lailah Gifty Akita

To-day, in more than half of Europe, man is at the mercy of the police; in 1900 even the most conservative and reactionary Prussian Junker would have been unable to imagine, let alone approve, that a citizen could be arrested and kept in prision at the pleasure of the Government. — Salvador De Madariaga

Customers are ninjas now. They are stealthily evaluating you right under your nose. — Jay Baer

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all. — V.S. Naipaul

Endurance of life problems, spirit of survival. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I believe that there will be many things that happen to me in my life that I will not be able to explain. Some of those might be magic. I'm not sure. — Chris Van Allsburg

Without Scientology, I would be in an alley somewhere looking for dope. — Giovanni Ribisi

Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once. — Crystal Gayle

If I weren't already dead, I'd be alive with joy, — Rachel Vincent

A lot of evidence indicates that we are destroying the foundations of human prosperity in an orgy of reckless consumption. — Yuval Noah Harari

Hopefully people will take me more seriously as an actress. That's what I really want to do, it's my passion and it's what I want to be considered to do. I just want to continue to do film, it's what I love. — Miley Cyrus

Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house. — Blaize Clement