Hardened Quotes

132 Hardened quotes by 119 unique authors

The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it. It… — Ford Madox Ford
To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual in… — Banana Yoshimoto
Back on shore everyone was pretty messed up, but the owner/captain was by far the worst off. He ended up drunk for a week, though… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Gretchen shrugged. "After seeing how he acted when she almost died, I'm starting to get why she's with him." Then her voice hardened. "And really,… — Jeaniene Frost
Then my father's features hardened. "You can't expect my blessings on this disastrous mistake." The words were directed at me, but Vlad responded. "I wouldn't… — Jeaniene Frost
I'm a 'what if' person. I have always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. I have taken blows. I have had high moments.… — Kevin Costner
Man's own youth is the world's youth; at least he feels as if it were, and imagines that the earth's granite substance is something not… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bioethics has hardened into an activist ideology that pervades the medical world, the schools, and government. — John Leo
I found myself at dusk in the bewitching Roman city of Jerash with H.M. Queen Rania of Jordan one year, and scrambling with hardened paparazzi… — Hamish Bowles
Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Drama school was the first place I learned that looks can affect your career. It was very horrible at the time. I had a lot… — Joseph Gatt
After literally hundreds of firefights, Chosen Company became increasingly battle-hardened. And they also became increasingly suspicious of their Afghan counterparts, believing - with their lives… — Richard Engel
Organizational structures that allow divisions and departments to own their turf and people with long tenure to take root creates the same hardened group distinctions… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
The country has sorted itself ideologically into the two political parties, and those partisan attachments have hardened in recent years. It will take an extraordinary… — Thomas E. Mann
Most of the kids that I meet in the street are serious hardened criminals that I meet in the street, never had a mother and… — Steven Seagal
The sciences are being held back by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas, maintained by powerful taboos. I believe that the sciences will be regenerated… — Rupert Sheldrake
Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance — Unknown Author
Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back… — Unknown Author
Setbacks are set to back us in the longer run by making us more intelligent and battle hardened. — Tasneem Hameed
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form… — Dorian Cox
After years of research in multiple locations with pot smokers of various ages, I've concluded that: 1. Some pot smokers are smart. 2. Some pot… — Unknown Author
Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side,… — Elias Hicks
As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount… — Mark Ruffalo
Inside every hardened criminal beats the heart of a ten-year-old boy. — Bart Simpson
I'm not heartless but I'm hardened, a rottn tooth. It's my party, couldn't cry if I wanted to. And the more you taunt me the… — Kitty Pryde

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