#tough

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#pillow #support #tough #tough-times #inspirational

Life is always either a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#life

He picked up one of Lorna's roses and set it in my lap. "Here." I picked it up and smelled it. He poked me in the shoulder. "See what I mean? Thorns don't stop you from sniffing. Or putting them in a vase on the kitchen table. You work around them.... Cause the rose is worth it... Think what you'd miss. ↗

— Charles Martin

#thorns #tough-life #tough-times #worth #life

A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. ↗

— Sean Bean

#am #common #easy-going #fair #guess

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#game #got #hurt #out #pain

Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#against #artificial #baseball #behind #enforcing

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#female #how #i #i came #investigator

Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball. ↗

— Gaylord Perry

#baseball #down #going #handle #minors

It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season. ↗

— Agnieszka Radwanska

#always #because #difficult #especially #focused

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#been #decades #even #i #less