“My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.” ThinkingHardEducationProtectThreatNobleAbstractNeglectDeceived Author:Bob Dylan
“To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.” HardJoyFoundHonestHard WorkNobleBeing HonestRight ThingAnxiousDealingsEludeBeing Irish Author:Fiona Shaw
“I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.” HardNumbersAmountNobleImpressionShelvesInsignificantEyeballs Author:Randall Munroe
“If your motives are high and noble and your work is hard and you do a good job, then whatever the task is in your life, it will benefit you.” IfsHardJobsBenefitsTasksNobleKarmaMotiveGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“I never have held death in contempt, though in the course of my explorations I have oftentimes felt that to meet one's fate on a noble mountain, or in the heart of a glacier, would be blessed as compared with death from disease, or from some shabby lowland accident. But the best death, quick and crystal-pure, set so glaringly open before us, is hard enough to face, even though we feel gratefully sure that we have already had happiness enough for a dozen lives.” LifeFeelsHeartHardEnoughWould BeFacesCoursesFeltFateDyingGratitudePureMountainDiseaseBlessedAccidentsNobleExplorationContemptDozenCrystalsBeing BlessedGlaciersShabby Book:John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
“There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be hard. There's something incredibly heroic about that.” ChildrenHardLife IsMotherFatherOpportunityKnowingNobleHeroic Author:Kevin Costner