--- title: "12 Hard Painful Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Hard Painful quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Hard Painful sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/sarahmyriacarter-111407_freedom_with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter_3078730.jpg" --- > [“With each step we move forward no matter how hard it becomes how painful it is, for we seek something no evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarahmyriacarter/with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter-how-hard-it-becomes-how/) [SarahMyriaCarter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarahmyriacarter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/sarahmyriacarter-111407_freedom_with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter_3078730.jpg) > [Sometimes letting go is so hard is painful way to give him to happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miame/sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painful-way-to-give-him-to/) [Miame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/miame-262428_happiness_sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painf_1927480.jpg) > [Sometimes love is like an arrow penetrating your heart, hard and painful to pull it out and hurt more to leave it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrating-your-heart-hard-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/anonymous-1_being-hurt-by-someon_sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrat_2804437.jpg) > [Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naval-ravikant/entrepreneurship-is-really-hard-and-painful-i-m-not-sure-i-d/) [Naval Ravikant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naval-ravikant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/naval-ravikant-11450_entrepreneurship_entrepreneurship-is-really-hard-and-pain_32617.jpg) > [Divorce is hard and painful and complicated, and something you have to grow through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-stone/divorce-is-hard-and-painful-and-complicated-and-something-you-have-to/) [Sharon Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/sharon-stone-2522_complicated_divorce-is-hard-and-painful-and-complica_1516444.jpg) > [I don't think I'd ever write anything that I don't also direct just because it's so hard and painful to write as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-fukunaga/i-don-t-think-i-d-ever-write-anything-that-i-don-t-also-direct-just/) [Cary Fukunaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-fukunaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/cary-fukunaga-2753_direct_i-don-t-think-i-d-ever-write-anything-th_2616720.jpg) > [I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/park-yeon-mi/i-surrendered-all-my-privacy-to-write-this-book-it-was-so-hard-and-so/) [Park Yeon-mi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/park-yeon-mi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/park-yeon-mi-5169_book_i-surrendered-all-my-privacy-to-write-th_1685992.jpg) > [Being in a relationship is a hard, painful slog at least once a week, maybe more often - especially if you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-mcmillan/being-in-a-relationship-is-a-hard-painful-slog-at-least-once-a-week/) [Tracy McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-mcmillan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tracy-mcmillan-13411_being_being-in-a-relationship-is-a-hard-painfu_1046776.jpg) > [“It's hard, and it's painful, and it's tiresome, and it's lonely, and if on top of i, you really don't think you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/z-e-haslie/it-s-hard-and-it-s-painful-and-it-s-tiresome-and-it-s-lonely-and-if/) [Zøe Haslie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/z-e-haslie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/z-e-haslie-13940_hard_it-s-hard-and-it-s-painful-and-it-s-tire_96649.jpg) > [“In my bedroom, I squeezed shut my eyes, because it was too hard, that memory. Too hard, too painful, too much like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-myracle/in-my-bedroom-i-squeezed-shut-my-eyes-because-it-was-too-hard-that/) [Lauren Myracle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-myracle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/lauren-myracle-3205_memory_in-my-bedroom-i-squeezed-shut-my-eyes-be_2295342.png) > [First time you step on these new legs, it's bloody hard. It's painful on your pelvic bones. But every day I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-zanardi/first-time-you-step-on-these-new-legs-it-s-bloody-hard-it-s-painful/) [Alex Zanardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-zanardi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/alex-zanardi-5103_day_first-time-you-step-on-these-new-legs-it_1771102.jpg) > [“Living in this skin is hard and painful, most of the times, because I never volunteered to take this on. The daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-eriksson/living-in-this-skin-is-hard-and-painful-most-of-the-times-because-i/) [Charlotte Eriksson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-eriksson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/charlotte-eriksson-3235_attitude_living-in-this-skin-is-hard-and-painful_1637647.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard-painful/#itemlist", "name": "Hard Painful Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“With each step we move forward no matter how hard it becomes how painful it is, for we seek something no evil can stop us...Freedom”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "SarahMyriaCarter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarahmyriacarter/with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter-how-hard-it-becomes-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/sarahmyriacarter-111407_freedom_with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter_3078730.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/sarahmyriacarter-111407_freedom_with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter_3078730.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/sarahmyriacarter-111407_freedom_with-each-step-we-move-forward-no-matter_3078730.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With each step we move forward no matter how hard it becomes how painful it is, for we seek something no…” — SarahMyriaCarter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes letting go is so hard is painful way to give him to happiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miame" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miame/sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painful-way-to-give-him-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/miame-262428_happiness_sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painf_1927480.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/miame-262428_happiness_sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painf_1927480.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/miame-262428_happiness_sometimes-letting-go-is-so-hard-is-painf_1927480.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes letting go is so hard is painful way to give him to happiness.” — Miame", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes love is like an arrow penetrating your heart, hard and painful to pull it out and hurt more to leave it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrating-your-heart-hard-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/anonymous-1_being-hurt-by-someon_sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrat_2804437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/anonymous-1_being-hurt-by-someon_sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrat_2804437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/anonymous-1_being-hurt-by-someon_sometimes-love-is-like-an-arrow-penetrat_2804437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes love is like an arrow penetrating your heart, hard and painful to pull it out and hurt more to…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - 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