Hardship Quotes

491 Hardship quotes by 369 unique authors

Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work,… — Eric Greitens
Readers will share in the environs of the author and her characters, be taken into the hardship of a pitiless place and emerge on the… — Antonya Nelson
The discipline of suffering, of great suffering - do you not know that it is this discipline alone that has produced all the elevations of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing for which men ask to be paid dearer than for humiliation. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain? — Friedrich Nietzsche
Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction? — Friedrich Nietzsche
But what if pleasure and pain should be so closely connected that he who wants the greatest possible amount of the one must also have… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Doing ill to those on whom we have to make our power felt; for pain is a far more sensitive means for that purpose than… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey - and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have given a name to my pain, and call it "dog". — Friedrich Nietzsche
In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? — Friedrich Nietzsche
The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
He who bears injustice alone is terrible to behold. — Friedrich Nietzsche
But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me! — Friedrich Nietzsche
You are treading the path to your greatness: no one shall follow you here! Your passage has effaced the path behind you, and above that… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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