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title: "11 Tell Hard Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [People sometimes say how standup is so hard, and I always tell them that it's hard at the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/people-sometimes-say-how-standup-is-so-hard-and-i-always-tell-them/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

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> [If you love someone tell him even though it hard, because it will be harder to watch him with someone else](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-love-someone-tell-him-even-though-it-hard-because-it-will-be/)

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

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> [Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-rubinstein/don-t-tell-me-how-talented-you-are-tell-me-how-hard-you-work/)

[Arthur Rubinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-rubinstein/)

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> [Don't tell me it's to hard, you never there from the start. I'm not about to give this up, giving was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-tell-me-it-s-to-hard-you-never-there-from-the-start-i-m-not/)

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

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> [Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ling/don-t-tell-me-how-hard-you-work-tell-me-how-much-you-get-done/)

[James Ling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ling/)

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> [God doesn’t tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/god-doesn-t-tell-you-to-do-hard-things-so-he-can-stand-back-and-laugh/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [“They would sit and talk and tell us their hard luck story. Whether it was true or not, we never questioned it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/they-would-sit-and-talk-and-tell-us-their-hard-luck-story-whether-it/)

[Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/)

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> [You can either tell yourself, 'It's too hard, I don't think I'll be able to do it,' or 'Yes, I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josei-toda/you-can-either-tell-yourself-it-s-too-hard-i-don-t-think-i-ll-be-able/)

[Josei Toda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josei-toda/)

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> [They tell you to be yourself, Then tell you, you need to change, They tell you to trust and lean on them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carniel-dunlop/they-tell-you-to-be-yourself-then-tell-you-you-need-to-change-they/)

[Carniel Dunlop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carniel-dunlop/)

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> [“Would I tell him? It was hard to know. Hard to know if in the moment it happened I would feel open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roan-parrish/would-i-tell-him-it-was-hard-to-know-hard-to-know-if-in-the-moment-it/)

[Roan Parrish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roan-parrish/)

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> [“People ask sometimes, when they get up the courage, what it's like to lose someone you love. I tell them it's hard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-mcfadyen/people-ask-sometimes-when-they-get-up-the-courage-what-it-s-like-to/)

[Cody McFadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-mcfadyen/)

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