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Hardness Quotes

On toughness, grit, and hardened hearts.

These hardness quotes explore what it means to be shaped by hard circumstance, from an uprightness of conscience clashing with a harsh lot to cultural strength that hides real feeling underneath.

Between the uprightness of my conscience and the hardness of my lot, I know not how either to show respect to my feelings or to the times. The bitterness of my mind urges me at all hazards to speak what...

Quotes by Thomas Becket

Asian people have a unique way about them and a different sense of beauty. It's exotic to me. I like they way Asians project their feelings. There's a hardness to the culture, but at the same time there's a delicateness.

Quotes by Paz Vega

I don't think of myself as a hard man, but other people may think otherwise. You know you have obligations to do the best you can for people, for your job, for your shareholders... it all has to be balanced...

Quotes by Frank Lowy

The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.

Quotes by Edward Irving

Emotion Quotes

I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.

Quotes by C. J. Mahaney

Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.

Quotes by C. J. Mahaney

Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and...

Quotes by Barbara Januszkiewicz

My father's death has given me a lot. It has given me a lifelong love of women, of their grittiness and hardness - traits that we are not supposed to value as feminine. It has also given me a love...

Quotes by Aisling Bea

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the "uprightness of my conscience" quote say about hardness?
The speaker describes a hardness in their circumstances clashing with their conscience, admitting they don't know how to reconcile respect for their own feelings with the demands of the times. Bitterness pushes them to speak despite this tension. It's a reflective, somewhat pained description of enduring hard conditions.
How does the quote on Asian culture use "hardness"?
It describes a hardness within the culture that coexists with genuine feeling, suggesting toughness and emotional depth aren't mutually exclusive. The speaker finds this combination exotic and appealing. This use of hardness points to cultural Strength rather than coldness.
What does the "I don't think of myself as a hard man" quote say?
The speaker admits others may see them as hard even if they don't view themselves that way, listing obligations to employees, shareholders, and the job as reasons for that perception. It shows how outward toughness can come from responsibility rather than personal nature. Balance between duty and self-image is the underlying theme.
What does the Scotland quote say about "hardness of heart"?
It describes deep grief over the hardness of heart shown by people speaking about Scotland's troubles with cruelty and levity. This use of "hardness" is emotional and critical, condemning coldness rather than admiring toughness. It contrasts sharply with the more approving uses elsewhere in these quotes.
Is hardness portrayed as a purely negative trait here?
Not always — some quotes treat it as admirable strength or necessary Resistance to hard circumstances, while others condemn it as cruelty. The word shifts between compliment and criticism depending on context. That range shows hardness is more complicated than a single fixed meaning.

Others speak of the hardness of heart shown through cruelty and levity, a weight carried quietly by anyone forced to build unexpected resistance.