Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
Robert Louis Stevenson

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
Aeschylus

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
Carol Burnett

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Elbert Hubbard

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Elbert Hubbard

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
Wanda Sykes

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
Wanda Sykes

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
Wanda Sykes

Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes I want Thomas The Tank Engine on, and screams the place down until you put it on.
Jo Brand

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh.
Jo Brand

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.
Jo Brand

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
Carl Sandburg

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.
Carl Sandburg

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
Thomas Carlyle

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Ann Landers

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And I'm going to work as hard as I can... for cancer research and hopefully, maybe, we'll have some cures and some breakthroughs. I'd like to think I'm going to fight my brains out to be back here again next year for the Arthur Ashe recipient. I want to give it next year!
Jim Valvano

I have a ton of Holocaust stuff, and some of it is really hard core.
Sarah Silverman

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.
Ken Kesey

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.
Johannes Sebastian Bach