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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Henry Ford

The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world.

Lao tzu

And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.

William Shakespeare

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Ayn Rand

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Josh Billings

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Albert Einstein

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Eric Hoffer

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

Olin Miller

I go out there, do my hardest, and never give up. Never quit. I've never been a quitter. Whatever they plan to do with me, it will be for the best.

Boone Logan

They say the hardest thing to do is to come back to place third. I would have much rather been in the finals, but no worries One is good.

Adin Due'as

Kingsley is the hardest course out there, so I thought the girls ran well.

Dan Tuck

There are decisions we have to make that we don't like a bit. This was the hardest thing I've had to do. I was his first pitching coach.

Rafael Chaves

Our league is pretty deep. Everybody's got a good team. Everybody plays hard. It comes down to who plays the hardest.

Kerwin Forges

Changing to the Internet is the hardest thing - you can't believe people's resistance.

Scott Cook

I love this team. That's the hardest part. I've got to leave a group of guys that I'll never forget.

Casey Moore

He has always been the hardest worker on the team. He always wants to be better.

Mike Caciari

It's still hard. I had to wrestle my hardest for the full six minutes. I gave him all I had. That's what you have to do with all of these matches.

John Pycraft

He's the real deal. He's the hardest running, running back that they've had, that we've played against.

Bill Kramer

Emily is the hardest working player I have seen. There is no doubt that Columbia State is getting a great player.

Ricky Thompson

It's not a talent issue. He's got a damn rocket for an arm. He throws the hardest ball I've ever caught.

Rob Konrad

The 'Crue' is not the hardest band to cover. There are no harmonies like the Eagles.

Brian Miller

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

William Penn

Of all the content that's been affected by the Internet, news has been the hardest hit, the fastest hit and the first hit. Consolidation is just inevitable here.

Chuck Richard

It had me messed up in the mind to trust the gold course, that was the hardest thing for me.

Joe Mitchell

This will be the hardest battle Clay Shaw has ever faced. This is the most vulnerable seat in the state and one of the most vulnerable in the country.

Jim Kane

If you ripped open her chest you'd see an awfully big heart. She's got an amazing engine and is one of the hardest workers already.

Steve Swanson

Sometimes this is the hardest work I've done, It is most rewarding work I have ever done in my life, and I don't get paid for it.

Myra Copeland

Daddy took it the hardest. It hurt him a lot. We just wanted them to be happy. They were good friends at the end.

Haley Grainger

I'm going to miss most of it, but probably the fire department more. That was the hardest announcement that I had to make was [stepping down as fire chief].

Robert Welton

The hardest guy ever to contain was Fran Tarkenton. He was like a rabbit.

Bob Lilly

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of.

Ned Rorem

It's the hardest I've ever had a team play and lose.

Rory Huff

I just came into it and played my hardest.

Sean Sullivan

I did not find this an easy decision, ... In fact it is one of the hardest decisions one could ever face in public life because it was so evenly poised.

Peter Costello

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

Eric Hoffer

The hardest thing was leaving our two dogs.

Cathey Lewis

This is the hardest meet in the world and there is no room for error. It is an exciting meet, it is a fast meet and it is a fun meet.

Tim Powers

I feel great. It's the hardest day. Twelve and a half hours in pain.

Jordan Metzl

He's one of the hardest workers I've seen. He's in great shape and he's always trying to make himself better.

Jack Korpar

Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.

Drew Barrymore

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.

Bernie Lincicome

Choosing wall colors was one of the hardest decision-making processes of all.

Karol Wight

That was the hardest part. Not dressing didn't really hurt me, but not being able to help the team did.

Ron Dayne

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.

Conway Twitty

It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.

Nicholas Hoult

The hardest part was the ultimatums. Every time, you die a little bit because you think now it's going to happen to him.

Ankie Spitzer

Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.

Stanislaw J. Lec

I started the people who competed the hardest against Tennessee. I didn't care what class they were in.

Jody Conradt

She's always been, if not our hardest, one of our hardest workers. ... She's got a great attitude and a great passion for the game.

Kevin Mcguff

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.

Leo F. Buscaglia

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

Jack Lemon

It's going to be whoever runs the hardest each night.

Mark Shields

I think the hardest part will be watching the Olympics.

Laurel Shanley

She's probably one of the hardest-working players I've ever coached. She had the advantage and she took it.

Tig Johnson

The kids play their hearts out. They always try their hardest.

Lenny Selenski

The persons hardest to convince that they're at the retirement age are children at bedtime.

Shannon Fife

This is a research project. That's the idea that's been hardest to get articulated.

Keith Aune

They worked very well together. They are some of the hardest working kids I have ever had.

Greg Dierks

It was one of the hardest landings I've ever had.

Sam Endicott

A few companies [may] get hit pretty hard, but probably home users are going to be the hardest hit by this worm.

Joe Stewart

It was the hardest thing I ever did. To see a bunch of grown men drop to their knees and cry was really hard, especially guys who mentally were probably the toughest people on that campus.

Gene Mills

They say the hardest part is staying in the big leagues.

Jordan Tata

The hardest times for me were not when people challenged what I said, but when I felt my voice was not heard.

Carol Gilligan

I was fortunate to coach 38 NCAA All-Americans and he was the hardest-working athlete I ever worked with, not the most talented, but the hardest working.

Billy Wright

The hardest part was watching the defense attorney in front of the TV cameras blaming Melanie for her death.

Nancy Powell

Well, to be honest, they're very even. That was one of the hardest decisions we've had to make. Mark has grown up with these kids and deserves to lead them.

John Beary

I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working.

Ashton Kutcher

That's the hardest hit I've taken in a while.

Matt Greene

This is the hardest-working team we've ever had.

Jason Ricci

Our top five guys all finished in the top 30, so we're seeing improvement. It was the hardest course we'll run on this year, so the times weren't great.

Bill Boyd

I guess I expect more out of her than she does. I see a lot of potential in her, but the only way she does her best is if she's working her hardest. And I know what I can and can't say to her.

Lillian Bullock

One of the hardest things I had to do in my career.

Billy King

The team that goes out and works the hardest is going to win. We have to play our best game of the year to win.

Jon Yackmack

They say the first one is the hardest. I'm just glad to have that one behind me.

Mike Glumac

Lewiston-Auburn has probably been the area that's been hit the hardest by bank robberies.

Stephen Mccausland

There's a lot of new terminology, a lot of new things going on with the defense. The hardest thing isn't executing, it's communication.

Tristan Davis

It's a story that really tugs at you, and, frankly, one of the hardest things to do at some of the meetings was trying not to get too choked up.

Bob Peck

We've got a lot of confidence, but the third time's always the hardest.

Brandon Ayers

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.

Michael Franti

The hardest working man on the field.

Stuart Schweigert

Smoking is hardest to give up because it's legal. I smoke because I'm addicted - nicotine should be a Class A drug.

Sophie Anderton

We've been trying to (win two straight games) from the first win of the season. And sometimes, it's the hardest thing to do.

Kelly Wells

We're finally rebuilding rates, which has been the hardest thing since September 11.

Robert Hayward

They can't keep them for the same reason they have to make them in the first place. Almost everything they're trying to change is a locked-in habit. The hardest thing to change is our habits.

Barry Lieberman

Leaving homosexuality was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

Anne Paulk

I think it's the hardest by far. The top five isn't all that easy either.

Dan Weber

It's the hardest thing to keep a no-hitter going. But we still got the win -- we'll take it, won't we?

Andrew Sisco

She is one of the hardest working and most committed young people you'll ever come across.

Teri Mckeever

The first year is the hardest. Everyone is learning the defense. The goal is to get them to play fast.

Billy Davis

It's the hardest by a long shot. You recalibrate yourself.

A. J. Kitt

It is one of the hardest things to forecast. So, get used to it.

Craig Alexander

That was probably our best punch. We had some fundamental breakdowns, but that's the hardest we've played all season.

Mike Stair

It'd be crazy to win it. I heard that Texas has the hardest conferences, so I feel like we can go out there and bring it home.

Booker Woodfox

This is probably one of our hardest losses all year.

Amber Smith

The hardest to learn was the least complicated.

Indigo Girls

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

David Russell

It's the hardest endurance event you can do. It really tests your entire mind, your body, every faculty you have.

Jordan Metzl

It was definitely the hardest decision of my life. I'm very disappointed.

Kari Lehtonen

Sharon Wilson is one of the hardest workers in Ector County. It's a shame what has happened.

Gene Collins

She gives us a good burst of energy when she comes in. She plays the hardest of all our players.

Dave Bale

This is the greatest honor I've ever had and the hardest thing I've ever done.

Greg Johnston

The hardest part for me has been the shoes. One of the company girls gave me heels to dance in.

Grant Johnson

It couldn't happen to a better person. She is one of the hardest working players I've ever coached ? boys or girls. I'm so proud of her.

Chris Deutsch

That was my baby. The hardest thing I ever did was let him go.

Cindy Burns

It was the hardest part of our schedule. Granted, there are no excuses for the way we played, but they were all top teams in our conference.

Carolyn Kieger

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

Ann Richards

The hardest part is that some of the words do have syllables in common with other words. You can confuse them very easily.

Greg Tippman

The hardest choices we had to make was deciding what to leave out. What happens when an icy meteor hits the Earth is different than when an iron meteor hits the Earth. But we had to leave out some things.

Michael Shara

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Amy Lowell

It was the hardest thing I've ever done.

Merlin Lahm

That was the hardest thing, to find a song to cut down to a minute.

Donald Buchanan

That's the hardest thing I had to learn.

David Carr

We came out fast, hard and aggressive. We got up 2-0, but they say that's the hardest lead to hold. It was for us tonight. They played as hard as we did, it was a good game.

Paul Clayton

It was the hardest ticket in town, ... Celebrities were crying: 'Where's my 'box?' 'Where's my 'box?' .

Pat Kingsley

That's the hardest thing to do is sit on the bench and watch a game.

Laurence Maroney

I just wrestled my hardest and kept the heat on.

Brock Gutches

A lot of people didn't think the game would be a close one. But our guys came out and played the hardest they had all year.

Travis Sysko

He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch.

Garo Alexanian

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

Lucille Ball

He has the hardest job in baseball. He has to go out and win every time.

Ron Fussell

Hong Kong, with its dense population and fluid border with China, had one of the hardest outbreaks to control.

C. David Heymann

We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America.

Chester Bennington

I didn't expect that! The hardest working, most dedicated Diva Search contestant in 2005.

Leyla Milani

It's just one of those things - you can't control a guy when he's 6-11. We tried our hardest.

Jamelle Cornley

The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.

Shannon Fife

I'm not surprised but I am disappointed. Everybody tried the hardest they could to get these kids ready.

Sarah Winkler

The culture is the hardest to address. That's the belief that the government will support and bail them out. Across the region, governments are getting bailout burnout.

Peter Harbison

The hardest thing about it is actually nailing down [what Web 2.0 is].

Jeff Nolan

The hardest part is leaving my family behind for so long.

Mike Gill

The hardest part is getting everybody excited about the game and the stuff we have to do as a team.

Casey Miller

The hardest part for me is I've never done this sport, and I'm not very good, ... This week, I'll be on the bike 22 to 23 hours.

Kevin Mahaney

The hardest thing is when you go home and realize that you've grown 10 years in 2 days.

James King

Cindy is a leader on and off the court. She leads by example. She's one of hardest-working players I've ever had.

Kevin Cory

I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days.

Dan Armstrong

That play turned the tide of the game. It was a case of two girls trying their hardest. Ashley had the ball in her glove. We couldn't come back after that.

Keith Fithen

This is the hardest part of our schedule. Sadly we were 0-3 but we battled. I was happy with that.

Jon Judkins

Drew is still his own hardest critic.

David Castillo

This is the hardest decision our family has ever had to make.

Jamie Mauthe

Because Hancock County was one of the hardest hit, that creates a need, but it also creates some challenges.

Gene Romano

He's good. He's really good. But at this point, anything can happen. If I go out and wrestle my hardest, you never know what might happen.

Kurt Kuchenbrod

The hardest thing is not knowing what she has.

Kevin Humphries

They say your first hit is the hardest to get, ... I'm glad I didn't have to wait too long for mine.

Ryan Zimmerman

Progress in mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

Patanjali

He's awesome. He's one of the hardest workers on the team and he keeps everybody focused.

Anita Leveke

He's the hardest worker I've ever seen.

Don Henry

This has been the hardest title I have won and Mark is the hardest finalist, this is the guy for the future. I am over the moon to win it again.

Phil Taylor

That was probably the hardest time in my life so far. Sometimes, you never know why things happen.

Caroline Lalive

He was honestly the greatest guy I have ever known in my life. I was so in love with him. And this is the hardest thing I have ever dealt with, if you can even say that I'm dealing with it.

Samantha Smith

Church is about remembering sacrifices. The hardest thing is to think you have been forgotten.

Rev. Terri Heyduk

I want to make this one of coach's hardest decisions he's ever had to make in his life, so to do that, I want to find 16 players that he would honestly put on his team.

Paul Gordon

That's the hardest race I've raced. This was even harder than last year.

Kevin Lepage

I thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.

Rodney Carrington

It's the hardest thing I've ever done in the last 11 years.

Dermot Baldwin

That was one of the hardest races of the season.

Valentino Rossi

You can achieve a lot. I'm just saying it's the hardest thing you'll ever do.

Constance Miller

That's the hardest they've ever played us. I was impressed with their tenacity.

Kris Britton

The banks that got hit the hardest had capital exposure and global exposure.

Chip Dickson

Our expectations are very high. The hardest thing for kick return teams is when you're constant..

David Blackwell

That is the hardest part, getting good people; if they're not good, you're not going to grow.

Amy Veltri

If I am having a bad day, I try my hardest to continue to encourage them. We all want to win out there on the court and no matter if I am on the bench, or on the court, will give it my all.

Michelle Burrola

He's miserable. He wants to come back. Christmas was the hardest.

Ashley Painter

I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world.

Marcia Wallace

Change is the hardest thing, but it's just a thing. It's about exploring life and experiencing life anew. So take a step, and just do it.

Katrina Bee

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

Whitney M. Young, Jr.

We have rules we have to go by to make the case. You may know he did it but I still have rules I have to abide by to put my case together and for me that's the hardest thing of the job you have to let this guy go.

Kelvin Frazier

It's probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do, ... just being away from my kids and my family. That's all I thought about everyday.

Alan Parker

The 'why' questions are the hardest ones to answer in science.

Mary Carskadon

It's no slouch schedule. You got eight dual meets and it's probably going to be the eight hardest dual meets of the year.

Joe Dubuque

The theaters were the hardest hit, but to some extent all the stores got water intrusion.

Ron Yoda

I've been on other mission trips, but it was probably the hardest work we've done. But it's a feeling you can't compare to anything else.

Kayla Moody

We sort of have a little target on our backs. Everyone is coming to get us. We go out every game expecting to have to play our hardest.

Ashleigh Tondo

Time management is the hardest thing. It takes a lot more time to do then you realize.

Lucinda Hitchner

It's a lot of pressure in these games. Really for me, the hardest thing was that I couldn't pitch going through that mentally, wishing that some of that could have been on me.

Andy Pettitte

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

William Glasser

They are the two hardest-working athletes I've ever coached. I think they have the dedication to give it a shot.

Dave Fouch

She works on it until she perfects it. If she makes a mistake, she corrects it. She's probably her hardest critic.

Jill Sales

The hardest time this year was when we had all the rain.

Peter Sirois

Knowing when you are done, knowing when you are through with the entire painting, is the hardest thing to learn.

Patty Krueger

Those are some of the hardest-hit places, and they haven't gotten any aid to this point.

Greg Brooks

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Joan Baez

The thing that is the hardest is that we were given assurance by the Israeli authorities and our Government that this was being fully and thoroughly investigated.

Sophy Miller

When I say this is the hardest job in the district I'm not exaggerating.

Joy Torgerson

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

David Russell

We've been writing a little, but the hardest thing about writing on the road is it's difficult to get deep and flush out an idea — you always have to go do something.

Jim Adkins

He has done a good job. Curtis is tough. He battles and is one of our hardest workers. He works hard at his craft.

Curtis Hudson

Probably the hardest five innings I've ever pitched. That was probably more the team that I'm used to facing.

Mark Hendrickson

That was the hardest thing I think he'll ever have to do.

Carla Thurin

The hardest thing to find is jeans.

Mallory Ross

The First 80 Years Are the Hardest.

Carol Channing

It's a lot different. You don't know how to go out there and treat them, you know. You want to give them respect, too, but then you also want to go out there and win and try your hardest.

Josh Thompson

I'm probably the hardest head of the bunch (of nine commissioners).

James Hansen

The Bay Area was definitely one of the hardest hit regions.

Brian Swanson

We didn't do a good enough job attacking their zone. The first one's the hardest. Everyone thinks you're going to win easily. Bellows Falls played better than their record.

Bruce Viens

He didn't hurt me. He gave me a chin check. I felt one of his hardest punches and it was nothing. In fact, it got me mad.

Hector Alatorre

This is the hardest thing for many bands.

Alex Moore

This has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do my entire life.

Shirley Williams

The strokes are the hardest.

Donna Thompson

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

Edmund Clarence Stedman

I love elementary kids. They're probably the most creative and exciting students to work with, but they're also the hardest.

Chris Detert

The hardest thing was doing a show eight times a week after growing up in a repertory company.

Gary Chryst