#hardship

Most of us have unhealthy thoughts and emotions that have either developed as a result of trauma or hardships in their childhood, or the way they were raised. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#developed #either #emotions #hardships #most

I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much. ↗

— Ione Skye

#brave #challenging #class #completely #different

South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#curses #drive #evening #games #hard

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal. ↗

— Ice T

#go #got #growing #growing up #harden

If you avoid all of life's abrasions, you will never be polished enough to shine. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hardships #life #life-lessons #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#difficulties #grief #hardships #holding-hands #life

No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges.  That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches.  But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#difficulties #hardship #life #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they can stand. They are afraid to find out how tough they are. Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich. Success is feminine and like a woman; if you cringe before her, she will override you. So the way to treat her is to show her the back of your hand. Then maybe she will do the crawling. ↗

— William Faulkner

#hardship #the-art-of-the-novel #writing #art

Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way. [Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2009] ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#creation #creative-process #driving-forces #hardship #pain

Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying. ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#hardship #inspirational #life #inspirational