42 phrases that teach us that life is hard

Today we are going to talk about phrases that explain that life is hard.

All of us, at some point, have had to face tremendous difficulties. Illnesses, family members leaving, hard access to the job market, and other vicissitudes that they leave us sad for long days.

Phrases: life is hard

In this compilation we are going to know several famous quotes that delve into the obstacles of existence.

1. The heart does not die when it stops beating. The heart dies when the beat stops making sense.

Very poetic and inspiring, this anonymous phrase proposes passion and illusion as the engine of life.

2. Enthusiasm is contagious. It is difficult to remain neutral or indifferent in the presence of a positive thinking person. (Denis Waitley)

Optimism takes us a long way. Here are some beautiful positive phrases.

3. Don't ask for a light load but a strong back.

Your skills can overcome difficulties.

4. Nothing lasts forever, not even your problems.

Even if you are going through difficult times, remember that everything will return to normal.

5. He who has his own light makes him uncomfortable in the dark.

Don't turn off anyone's light, just shine as brightly as you can.

6. When life strikes you and beats you hard, you must not give up, you must be stronger than life itself and continue Go ahead, if he throws you once, get up two more times, buy time with time, so you will get stronger and there will be nothing that can you defeat.

A few words of encouragement for troubled times.

7. I like people with criteria, those who are not ashamed to admit that they were wrong or do not know something. People who, by accepting his mistakes, genuinely strive not to make them again.

Recognizing your own ignorance is a sign of wise people.

8. Life has been hard on me, but I have been harder on her.

There is no choice but to overcome the onslaught of life, and move on.

9. Life is not easy and being easy is not life because without being difficult then there is no life, the difficult thing about life is death and without life there is no death so without being difficult there is no life.

A very useful tongue twister.

10. Difficulties are meant to wake us up, not discourage us. The human spirit grows through conflict.

The conflict leads us to make determinations.

11. Life is beautiful or sad, it just depends on how we want to see it.

Your perception of things can make you very happy or extremely unhappy. You choose.

12. Life is sorrow, overcome it. (Teresa of Calcutta)

There is no choice but to leave sadness behind as soon as possible and start finding the sweet side of existence.

13. Life is short... Smile at those who cry, ignore those who criticize you and be happy with who you care.

A phrase to attract good vibes.

14. In life, the saddest thing is not to be totally unhappy, but to have very little to be happy and we cannot achieve it.

Let's reflect on what makes us happy and why we sometimes refuse to reach this state of joy.

15. Walking through life I understood that the important thing is not to know what one has; the important thing is to know what one is worth.

16. If you laugh the world laughs with you, if you cry, you do it alone.

Sadly, friends are only there when things are going smoothly.

17. Goodness in the father, filial piety in the son; gentleness in the older brother, humility and respect in the younger; fair behavior in the husband, obedience in the wife; human consideration in the elderly, respect in the minors; benevolence in rulers, loyalty in ministers and subjects.

An inspiring phrase full of magnanimity.

18. There is only one thing sadder than loneliness, and that is wanting to be alone.

Some people are so disillusioned with life that they even prefer to withdraw into solitude.

19. A calm sea never made a good sailor.

If you want to learn from life, you better face difficulties sometime.

20. The worst regret we can have is not for the wrong things we did, but for the right things we did for the wrong people.

Many people will let you down throughout your life.

21. Sadness that won't let me live, mean sadness like a limpet on my skin. If I could forget my sadness I would stay one cold morning. Please, someone tell me that the sun always rises.

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22. Being prepared is important, knowing how to wait is even more important, but seizing the right moment is the key to life.

Arthur Schnitzer talks about life as a demanding project.

23. I learned that you cannot go back, that the essence of life is to go forward.

A reflection of Agatha Christie.

24. The greatest obstacle in life is the waiting for tomorrow and the loss of today.

Seneca reflects on the transience of time.

25. The least common in this world is living. Most people exist, that's all.

Oscar Wilde points out that life does not guarantee that we will live it.

26. We are in such a hurry to do, write, and make our voices heard in the silence of eternity, that we forget the only really important thing: to live.

Robert Louis Stevenson reminds us what is important.

27. Once the game is over, the king and the pawn return to the same box.

A reflection on life and death.

28. Loving and suffering is, in the long run, the only way to live with fullness and dignity.

Gregorio Marañón talks about two aspects of life that in his opinion give him content.

29. Who does not live in some way for others, does not live for himself.

Montaigne talks about the many fronts of everyday life.

30. In two words I can summarize how much I have learned about life: Keep going.

Robert Frost talks about resilience.

31. There is much to know, and there is little to live, and you do not live if you do not know.

Baltasar Gracián talks about an apparent contradiction.

32. Life is a constant process, a continuous transformation in time, a birth, death and rebirth.

Life demands a lot from us.

33. Let us strive to live decently and let the backbites say what they please.

They will always talk behind our backs, but we can make sure it does not affect us.

34. Life is a rainbow that includes black.

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko points out that in life there are also dark hours.

35. Living is the rarest thing in this world, since most of us do nothing but exist.

Another of Oscar Wilde's mythical phrases.

36. Life has not been given to us to be happy, but to deserve to be.

Armando Palacio Cortés believes that everything comes with effort.

37. Whoever believes that his own life and that of his fellow men is devoid of meaning is not only unhappy, but barely able to live.

A quote from Albert Einstein.

38. If man has discovered nothing to die for, he is not worth living.

A reflection of Martin Luther King.

39. Life is a game of terrible odds; If it were a bet, you would not intervene in it.

Tom Stoppard, in a not optimistic reflection.

40. In life there are no solutions, but forces at work. They must be created, and solutions come.

The solutions must be worked out.

41. For most of us, true life is the life we ​​don't lead.

Another reflection of Oscar Wilde.

42. Live in such a way that you can stare into anyone's eyes and send them to hell.

Journalist Henry-Louis Mencken invites you to live life dangerously.