Quotes about Hardship
Everything worthwhile is uphill.
— John Maxwell
The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price.
— John Maxwell
Nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy.
— Donald Trump
Nothing is easy. But who wants nothing?
— Donald Trump
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
— James A. Garfield
He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
— James Allen
Bitterness isn't usually found most deeply in those whose hearts are hard but rather in those who are most tender. It's not that they are cold; it's that they've been made to feel unsafe.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Lord God, I know You often work in ways I don't understand. There are parts of my story that feel incredibly hard to live in, but I trust You are making something beautiful even out of those parts of my life. In Jesus' name, amen.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Faith is not to get you out of a hard place but to change your heart in the hard place.
— David Wilkerson
Our faith is not meant to get us out of a hard place or change our painful condition. Rather, it is meant to reveal God's faithfulness to us in the midst of our dire situation.
— David Wilkerson
It was no summer progress. A cold coming they had of it, at this time of the year; just, the worst time of the year, to take a journey, and specially a long journey, in. The ways deep, the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off in solstitio brumali, the very dead of Winter.
— Lancelot Andrewes
Last we consider the time of their coming, the season of the year. It was no summer progress. A cold coming they had of it at this time of the year, just the worst time of the year to take a journey, and specially a long journey. The ways deep, the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off, in solsitio brumali, 'the very dead of winter
— Lancelot Andrewes