Hardships Of Life Quotes:

Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.

- Fernando Botero

topic: Spiritual, Art, Hardship, Respite, Hardships Of Life

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Attitude, Struggle, Moving, Mentally Tough, Sports Mental Toughness

"Face the brutes." That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.78, SkyLight Paths Publishing

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Hardships Of Life

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Encouragement, Life And Passion, How To Be Happy

Adversity is the first path to truth.

- Lord Byron

topic: Kindness, Adversity, Not Giving Up, Inspirational Adversity, Overcoming Challenges

Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.

- Nichiren

topic: Adversity, Sage, Hardship, Hardships Of Life

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

- Anil Kapoor

source: Interview With Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2009.

topic: Hardship, Faces, Handicaps, Hurdling Obstacles, Great Future

Life is like a rose, peeping through the hardships of life to bloom with color.

- Stephanie

topic: Color, Rose, Life Is Like, Peeping, Hardships Of Life

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.

- Seneca the Younger

topic: Inspirational, Life, Death, Unwilling, Hardships Of Life

In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as "heat" or "essential energy." The concept is that through a disciplined approach to work and self-sacrifice, Tapas will burn away the negativity that separates us from God. By working our hardest and happily enduring the hardships of life we are able to create a sense of peace and clarity in ourselves.

- Russell Simmons

topic: Sacrifice, Self, Effort, Sanskrit, Tapas

For many, the regressive belief in superstitions and miracles is an escape from the hardships of life. Once trapped into irrationalism, they become more incapable of mastering reality. It is a vicious circle, like an addiction. They become vulnerable to exploitation by astrologers, godmen, dubious pseudo-psychologists, corrupt politicians and the whole mega-industry of irrationalism.

- Sanal Edamaruku

topic: Reality, Circles, Addiction, Vicious Circles, Hardships Of Life

There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line, there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life, and come and watch something colorful and exciting and musical. Indian cinema provides that. So yes, the content of our television and our cinema is escapist in nature because we are there to provide entertainment.

- Amitabh Bachchan

source: "Interview: Amitabh Bachchan". Interview, www.cnn.com. July 10, 2007.

topic: Numbers, People, Musical, Escapists, Hardships Of Life