Hardship Quotes

"I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty." "It's always one step forward and three steps back" "You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs" "The only way to become a champion is by going through these forced marches." "There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." "When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had one fight in New York state that lasted twenty rounds. I got $6. But I won the fight. All the time I was getting knocked down, I kept getting up." "You know, you do have to put up with a little rain to get the beautiful rainbow" "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" "No I don't think people should be experiencing hardship while Elon Musk is drinking Pina Coladas on a tropical island" "I've been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots" "There are no gains without pains." "Pain isn't necessarily a fun thing to endure" "Experience is the hardest kind of teacher." "The pandemic is causing tremendous human and economic hardship"