Hardest Thing Quotes - Page 2

• The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

  Duke of Wellington

  Military, War, Soldier

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• Today, the sun is everywhere, and everything solid is nothing but its own shadow, I know that the real things in life, the things I remember, the things I turn over in my hands, are not houses, bank accounts, prizes or promotions. What I remember is love -- all love -- love of this dirt road, this sunrise, a day by the river, the stranger I met in a café. Myself, even, which is the hardest thing of all to love, because love and selfishness are not the same thing. It is easy to be selfish. It is hard to love who I am. No wonder I am surprised if you do.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Real, Selfish, Who I Am

  Jeanette Winterson (2004). “Lighthousekeeping”, Fourth Estate (GB)

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• Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.

  Rick Riordan

  Done, Silent, Hardest

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.255, Penguin UK

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• It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Notebook, Guy, Might

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• But you're the hardest thing I've ever done, and you're also the best. So... I think that's the moral of the story here. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

  Amanda Hocking

  Fighting, Thinking, Anything Worth Having

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• She said that her father's death had been the hardest thing in her life. "We are all children until our fathers die.

  Melissa Bank

  Children, Father, Said

  Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.134, Penguin

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• To be an individual is the hardest thing in the world, because nobody likes you to be an individual. Everybody wants to kill your individuality and to make a sheep out of you. Nobody wants you to be on your own.

  Rajneesh

  Sheep, Individuality, World

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• The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm.

  Sergei Lukyanenko

  Pain, Calm, Mask

  Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

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• I'm writing this down, because it is going to be hard for me to say it. Because this is probably our last time just us. See, I can write that down, but I don't think I can say it. I'm not doing this to say goodbye, though I know that has to be part of it. I'm doing it to thank you for all we have had and done and been for one another, to say I love you for making this life of mine what it is. Leaving you is the hardest thing I have to do. But the thing is, the best parts of me are in you, all three of you. You are who I am, and what I cherish in myself stays on in you.

  Ann Brashares

  Goodbye, Love You, Writing

  Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.61, Random House

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• Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Being Yourself, Just Be Yourself, Hardest

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• The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do.

  Joss Whedon

  World, Lessons, Firsts

  "Fictional character: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce". Angel (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 1999–2004.

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• What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Parenting, Inspire

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 21, 2011

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• Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

  Emmy Rossum

  Being Yourself, Scary, Wonder

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• The hardest thing in the world is to assume the mood of a warrior. It is of no use to be sad and complain and feel justified in doing so,believing that someone is always doing something to us. Nobody is doing anything to anybody, much less to a warrior.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Spiritual, Believe, Warrior

  Carlos Castaneda (1991). “Journey To Ixtlan”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• That's the hardest thing of all--never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent.

  Sergei Lukyanenko

  Cynical, Indifferent, Hardest

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• One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

  James Earl Jones

  Love, Life, Heart

  James Earl Jones, Penelope Niven (1993). “James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences”, Scribner Book Company

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• It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.

  Tony Kushner

  Justice, Easy, Angels In America

  Tony Kushner (2013). “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition”, p.266, Theatre Communications Group

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• My style is constantly evolving. Style has been something that I think has been the hardest thing for me to come to terms with.

  Jessie J

  Thinking, Style, Term

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

  Kin Hubbard

  Literature, Consumerism, Hardest

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• The hardest thing to do is something that is close to nothing.

  Marina Abramovic

  Hardest, Things To Do, Hardest Thing To Do

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• Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

  Eric Hoffer

  Trust, Beauty, Math

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.

  Paris Hilton

  Letting Go, Thinking, Voice

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• The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.

  Bear Grylls

  Religious, Jobs, Children

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• But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.

  Hugh Grant

  Wise, Way, Genius

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• I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

  Amy Grant

  Thinking, Growing, Becoming

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