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«A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.»
Author: Dan Rather | Keywords: lesson, tough
«Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.»
Author: Richard M. DeVos | About: Optimism | Keywords: optimism, push, tough
«Our egos tells us we're the only ones that have any kind of feelings. We're the only ones with a relationship. We're the only ones with family. You know, I think that if you kill a spider, there is a relationship that you're ruining. There's a conversation going on outside with the other spiders. 'Did you hear about Chris?....Killed yeah....Sneaker. And now Stephanie has nine hundred babies to raise all alone. Well, she's got her legs full I'll tell you that right now. Chris was so kind, wouldn't hurt a fly. It's just been tough for them lately. They just lost their web last week. Those humans think they're so smart. Let them try shooting silk out of their butt and see what they can make.'»
«Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.»
«Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.»
«Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.»
«All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.»
«Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.»
«For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.»
«A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.»