“My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.” HardBoysGrowing UpStudyGrowingHard WorkMomMy MomStrictStudy And Work Author:Coco Lee
“I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.” KindHardBodyLanguageGrowing UpGrowingHard TimesAwkwardBody Language Author:Analeigh Tipton
“I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.” HardHouseQualityGrowing UpGrowingBoxesWork OutNot SureCandyChipsHigh QualitySporadic Author:Rachael Taylor
“Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.” PeopleTwoHardHelpingSchoolGrowing UpGrowingSeeingFrontsDadCatholicMy DadSeatsHelp MeToiletsCatholic School Author:Mia Love
“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt like an outsider and like it was never going to happen. But even if I would have known, I think I still would have done it. Dancers are perfectionists, and that's what keeps us going and growing.” IfsThinkingYearsStillsIdeasHardDoneHappensFeltKnownGrowingHard WorkWalkingNo IdeaDancerWorking ItOutsidersPerfectionist Author:Misty Copeland
“The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge.” YearsFirstsHardGivenChallengesDecisionGrowingFrontsPromiseShapesGreenEdgesHorizonDiscoveringHard Things Author:Howard Thurman
“When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do something beautiful, and then I just wasn't good enough. But I've learned that I was also on the outside - wanting more challenge by living in that more conventional world.” WorldTryingHardEnoughBeautifulChallengesGrowing UpGrowingKeysI've LearnedGood EnoughConventionalSomething BeautifulWanting MoreTrying Too Hard Author:Jenny Hval
“Young people are growing in plain sight, there is no place for them to hide, no cocoon. It’s hard” PeopleHardYoungGrowingSightCocoonsPlain Sight Author:Rachel Vail
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.” PeopleHardRunningWinningCompanySuccessfulGrowingHigherExpectationsDelusionValleysIronicStakesSiliconSilicon Valley Author:David Ulevitch
“An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this "inevitability" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.” WayYearsIdeasWarHardActionReligionValuesPrinciplesPowerGrowingPolicyReturnConflictEternalIraqCreatorCirclesStuckHungryTraditionalAdministrationAfghanistanForeign PolicyFanaticsEmbeddedInevitabilityAmerican ValuesNo Turning BackPower HungryUnilateralism Author:Georgie Anne Geyer
“I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.” WorldBelieveStillsRealHardWholeDreamStuffGrowing UpGrowingTeamTypeNbaBeing Real Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Many believe that Hillary Clinton was channeling President Obama during her recent speech in New York City. She focused on equality, justice, and how hard it was for her growing up as a young black man in Hawaii.” MenBelieveHardYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSpeechClintonFocusedNew York CityPresident ObamaHawaiiChanneling Author:Jimmy Fallon
“We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsHardCareAmericaOpportunityStrongNationsVisionClassEconomyGrowingMiddleHard WorkDiversityToleranceMiddle ClassContinuingIndispensableHistoricTolerance And Respect Author:Barack Obama