“You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.” PeopleIfsWayTryingKindImportantMatterForceAdviceTruth IsFindingsToughNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsAll KindsThrowingAlways TryingValidationHappy With YourselfBeing Happy With Yourself Author:Kurt Cobain
“The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found in living. I choose. After all, it's my point of view.” I CanFoundViewsFocusGrowingTruth IsToughAgingPoint Of ViewTough TimesSeasoning Author:Steve Goodier
“People think women directors are tough. Truth is, I'm a pussycat and I hate conflict. I just want everyone to be happy on set.” PeopleThinkingWantHateTruth IsDirectorsConflictToughI Hate Author:Julie Delpy
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.” MayTruthLyingBreakFootballHonorTruth IsToughRoundsEveningKicksBubblesMoment Of TruthTouch Football Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was a strong, decisive, tough-minded guy and that I was an idealist and antiwar guy who might not attach enough significance to the security of the country. The truth is, I was the guy with the war record, and my opposition to Vietnam was because I was interested in the nation's well-being.” PeopleThinkingWellsWarCountryEnoughMightGuyStrongNationsClearRecordsSecurityTruth IsToughWell BeingOppositionSignificanceVietnamAntiwarIdealist Author:George McGovern
“It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're giving three years of your life to it. And so, I just have to be sure that when I embark on it that I'm happy to think that in three years' time I'm going to be sitting in a room on the tenth floor of an odd office building at Ginsberg Libby talking about it. So I'm keen not to jump into it too quickly and just make sure it's something that I really want.” IfsThinkingWantGivingWritingYearsFilmThreeProcessRoomsTalkingBuildingTruth IsOfficeSittingToughOddThree YearsGinsbergWrite Your OwnOffice Buildings Author:Dan Mazer
“The sad truth is as difficult as the first mile can be for entrepreneurs, it is doubly tough inside most large companies as innovators can face some significant headwinds.” FirstsFacesDifficultCompanyTruth IsToughEntrepreneurMilesSignificantInnovatorsSad TruthLarge Companies Author:Scott D. Anthony
“When you fight corruption, corruption strikes back and that is the truth because when you fight corruption, you get confidence and when it gets to impunity, then it gets aggressive and says, 'oh, so you think you are different? You think you are tough and different?' This is why some of us are almost permanently in the libel court.” ThinkingDifferentFightingTruth IsToughCourtCorruptionStrikesAggressiveImpunityLibelStrike Back Author:Wole Soyinka