“Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?” PeopleWorldHardUsePurposeEasyChallengesForgetRoomsPowerfulEssentialsHighestToolsExcitingFundamentalsGood ThingsCaughtCrowdsFocusedPrioritiesThings To DoSatanFascinatingPurpose Of LifeGood PeopleDistractionTrapsWrong ThingsExciting Things Author:Richard G. Scott
“The process of just being in front of people, having to stand up for your ideas, and ask - and then ask people for money, which is a very hard thing to do.” PeopleIdeasHardAsksProcessFrontsThings To DoJust BeingHard Things Author:David Plotz
“Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it is not a bad sign, but a good one. If you think you are not doing it well, you are thinking the way real novelists do. I never knew one who did not feel greatly discouraged at times, and some get desperate, and I have always found that to be a good symptom.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsWritingWellsLongRealHardFoundSpaceNovelNovelistsThings To DoDesperateSymptomsDiscouragedHard Things Author:Maxwell Perkins
“Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this [the vote on the Iraq war] through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'” GivingYearsWarHardReasonStruggleCoupleVoteIraqThings To DoRight ThingHard TimesIraq War Author:Tony Blair
“Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.” ImportantHardCharacterInterestingThings To DoCastingHard Things Author:Darren Aronofsky
“Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.” EndsHardLastsGuyGamesWinningSportsFansShotsHardestThings To DoNbaScreamHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Dwight Freeney
“You've got to keep close to your spouse I think, which is a very hard thing to do in America, with everything always pulling you away. I would advise all married people to spend two hours talking to each other. That's my moral for the day.” PeopleThinkingTwoHardAmericaHoursTalkingMoralMarriedThings To DoPullingSpouseAdviseHard Things Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“There's a lot of, unfortunately, a lot of divorced families. I come from a divorced family... and you have parents meet someone and they have kids and you're with that whole having to meet new people and be your family. That's always a hard thing to do.” PeopleHardWholeKidsParentOur FamilyThings To DoDivorcedHard ThingsMeeting New People Author:Selena Gomez
“I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You're walking into this family who's very comfortable where they are, and you have to jump on the train and be artificially comfortable. That's a very hard thing to do.” ThinkingHardDoneShowsStarsTvsWalkingComfortableTrainThings To DoNightmareGuestsTv ShowsOngoingHard ThingsGuest Stars Author:Janel Moloney