--- title: "10 Experience Hardship Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Experience Hardship quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Experience Hardship sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/stephanie-land-5532_alone_we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly_183055.jpg" --- > [We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-land/we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly-remember-how-it-feels-to/) [Stephanie Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/stephanie-land-5532_alone_we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly_183055.jpg) > [“When ambition exceeds ability, you are going to experience hardship. We have the choice to fear it or embrace it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-jorgenson/when-ambition-exceeds-ability-you-are-going-to-experience-hardship-we/) [Kevin Jorgenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-jorgenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/kevin-jorgenson-253524_ability_when-ambition-exceeds-ability-you-are-go_2287423.jpg) > [“It is a blessing to experience hardship. Not because we suffer, but because we learn to endure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saim-a-cheeda/it-is-a-blessing-to-experience-hardship-not-because-we-suffer-but/) [Saim .A. Cheeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saim-a-cheeda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/saim-a-cheeda-49161_because_it-is-a-blessing-to-experience-hardship_2583839.jpg) > [At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/at-times-i-experience-hardship-in-trying-to-find-the-proper-point-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/anonymous-1_balance_at-times-i-experience-hardship-in-trying_3130054.jpg) > [True self of people only shown when they experience hardship together with you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin/true-self-of-people-only-shown-when-they-experience-hardship-together/) [Alvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/alvin-7231_best-friend_true-self-of-people-only-shown-when-they_447011.jpg) > [We may feel sad, we may feel tire, ang we experience hardship but let us have hope and faith that God will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/we-may-feel-sad-we-may-feel-tire-ang-we-experience-hardship-but-let/) [Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/innah-delos-angeles-358_amazing-things_we-may-feel-sad-we-may-feel-tire-ang-we_2747601.jpg) > [My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-cudi/my-background-is-not-typical-hip-hop-i-didn-t-grow-up-in-the-projects/) [Kid Cudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-cudi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/kid-cudi-608_backgrounds_my-background-is-not-typical-hip-hop-i-d_400917.jpg) > [There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-very-few-certainties-that-touch-us-all-in-this-mortal/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/anonymous-1_certainty_there-are-very-few-certainties-that-touc_2341355.jpg) > [You know, I spent parts of six seasons in the minor leagues and I dealt with some injuries there, I saw a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-doolittle/you-know-i-spent-parts-of-six-seasons-in-the-minor-leagues-and-i/) [Sean Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-doolittle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/sean-doolittle-15057_experience_you-know-i-spent-parts-of-six-seasons-in_3116954.jpg) > [Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/hardship-in-forcing-us-to-exercise-greater-patience-and-forbearance/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/dalai-lama-89_accepting_hardship-in-forcing-us-to-exercise-great_3150290.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience-hardship/#itemlist", "name": "Experience Hardship Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who make us feel less alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephanie Land" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-land/we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly-remember-how-it-feels-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/stephanie-land-5532_alone_we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly_183055.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/stephanie-land-5532_alone_we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly_183055.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/stephanie-land-5532_alone_we-need-leaders-who-are-able-to-vividly_183055.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need leaders who are able to vividly remember how it feels to experience hardship, trauma and pain, who…” — Stephanie Land", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When ambition exceeds ability, you are going to experience hardship. 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