Bette Midler Quotes

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there

It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

People asked me what I want as an epitaph: "He Tried".

I've never had anything given to me. I've never had anything easy. My whole career has been that way.

I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

Dreams are not easy. Dreams are painful. They force work and commitment. They are challenging and motivating.

Some are bent with toil, and some get crooked trying to avoid it.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

My daily conversation, it consists of hustle. Grinding from the bottom sick and tired of struggle.

Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

how hard you worked for what you wanted. how cruelly fate betrayed you in the end.

And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.

When you reach for the stars, you lose blood and tears. That's something you should remember.

Your dreams are ballbusters; they're not the yellow brick road.

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Remember there is no success without hard work.

This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.

I'm sure you've felt this way along the way: Yes, I got to do what I wanted to do. But it was much harder than I thought it was going to be, and it continues to be. You never get to a place that is a place of rest. I think that's OK. It's not bad - life is hard work!

So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.

Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.