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title: "6 Given Hard Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-adornetto/because-the-path-of-the-righteous-man-was-never-supposed-to-be-easy-i/)

[Alexandra Adornetto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-adornetto/)

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> [“She had given him up. That was the hard condition of his being and of all commerce between them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-malouf/she-had-given-him-up-that-was-the-hard-condition-of-his-being-and-of/)

[David Malouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-malouf/)

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> [Gratitude, being thankful for the things we've been given, even when it's hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/gratitude-being-thankful-for-the-things-we-ve-been-given-even-when-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [What we can do, we must do: we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-mckinley/what-we-can-do-we-must-do-we-must-use-what-we-are-given-and-we-must/)

[Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-mckinley/)

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> [When you put your all in and people say 'he has given up,' that is hard to take.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-trump/when-you-put-your-all-in-and-people-say-he-has-given-up-that-is-hard/)

[Judd Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-trump/)

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> [“Always, every now and then, I had given her a hard time, just to keep her in line. Every once in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/always-every-now-and-then-i-had-given-her-a-hard-time-just-to-keep/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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