“When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.” HardFatherGrowsGrowing UpGrewGrew UpUnderstood Author:Katey Sagal
“I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFirstsHardStatesGovernmentFoundHouseRaceIssuesUnderstoodChiefsPrimariesRanOur FamilySpeakersAccusedState GovernmentHard Way Author:Jim Edgar
“Before a fight I'm always afraid... before I used to have a hard time just dealing with it because I would try to run away from it, but then as I competed more I understood the fact that this is how I'm supposed to feel.” FeelsTryingHardFactsRunningUsedFightingUnderstoodHard TimesMmaRunning AwayDealing With It Author:Rashad Evans
“It was a strange lightness, a drifting feeling. Zero gravity. I understood that everything that once seemed solid and immovable might just float away. And that this was a truth of life, not an illusion in the grieving mind of a child. Everything that is hard and heavy in your world is made up of billions of molecules in constant motion offering the illusion of permanence. But it all tends toward breaking down and falling away. Some things just go more quickly, more surprisingly, than others.” WorldMindChildrenMadeHardFeelingsMightFallStrangeIllusionUnderstoodDown AndConstantHeavyBillionsGrievingZeroGravityOfferingTruth Of LifeBreaking DownFloatsMoleculesDriftingPermanenceLightnessZero Gravity Author:Lisa Unger
“It's hard to tell our good luck sometimes. Hard to tell sometimes for many years to come. And most of us have wept copious tears over someone or something, when if we'd understood the situation better, we might have celebrated our good fortune insteadOne can never change the past, only the hold it has on you and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.” IfsYearsSometimesHardMightPastLife IsSituationTearsUnderstoodLuckFortuneReverseNeverthelessGood FortuneGood LuckNever Change Author:Merle Shain
“How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain.” HardMomentsSeemsSorrowPromiseUnderstoodShiningScriptureVersesStanding OutSplendorSunbeams Author:Horatius Bonar
“I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight very hard to do what they wanted to do in the world - that it wasn't an easy choice. But I think the most important part is that we all want the right to be taken seriously as human beings, and to use our talents without reservation, and that's still not possible for women.” ThinkingWorldWantHumansStillsImportantHardUseWantedMotherChoicesFightingEasyHuman BeingsTakenTalentUnderstoodFeministGrandmotherMy GrandmotherReservations Author:Erica Jong