110 Easier Quotes

Following is our list of easier quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about when times are hard.

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Famous Easier Quotes

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The happier time, the quicker it passes — Pliny The Younger

The good old days are now. — Tom Clancy

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. — Paul Harvey

To bad times, a good face. — Mexican Proverbs

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times. — Saint Augustine

It’s always easier for people to face backward than to face forward. — Martha C. Nussbaum

We have seen better days. - William Shakespeare

We have seen better days. — William Shakespeare

Abstinence is easier than temperance. — Seneca

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative. — Kelley Armstrong

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life. — Chris LeDoux

Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse. — Vance Havner

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. — Seneca The Elder

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. — Seneca

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. — Charles Dickens

Short Easier Quotes

  • It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass
  • Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. — Jim Rohn
  • The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies. — LeCrae
  • How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! — Mark Twain
  • Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier. — Diane von Furstenberg
  • Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • People can cry much easier than they can change. — James Baldwin
  • The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. — Jackie Gleason
  • First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field. — Tom Landry

Easier Image Quotes

Easier quote It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair and adult.
It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair and adult.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake quote

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. — William Blake

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. - Grace Hopper quote

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. — Grace Hopper

Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine quote

Character is much easier kept than recovered. — Thomas Paine

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. - Adlai Stevenson quote

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. — Adlai Stevenson

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. - George Santayana quote

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. — George Santayana

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. - Albert Einstein quote

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice. — Albert Einstein

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. - Al Franken quote

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. — Al Franken

It is always easier to talk about change than to make it. - Alvin Toffler quote

It is always easier to talk about change than to make it. — Alvin Toffler

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. - Haile Selassie quote

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. — Haile Selassie

It never gets easier; you just go faster. - Greg LeMond quote

It never gets easier; you just go faster. — Greg LeMond

Easier quote Sometimes you wish it was easier, but if it was, everyone else would do it, then you remember you do
Sometimes you wish it was easier, but if it was, everyone else would do it, then you remember you don't want to be like everyone else.

When Times Are Tough Quotes

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there. — Paulo Coelho

Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out. — LeCrae

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people! — Randy Pausch

Easier quote May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.
May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.

I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation. — Christine Lagarde

Don't confuse drive and passion. Drive pushes you forward. It's a duty, an obligation. Passion pulls you. It's the sense of connection you feel when the work you do expresses who you are. Only passion will get you through the tough times. — Randy Komisar

I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on a show for others. — Tony La Russa

Easier quote To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children... t
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children... to leave the world a better place... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain. — Shaquille O'Neal

Instead of staying strong and working through when times are really tough, I usually quit this recipe for failure and start a whole new recipe. So if something is too challenging, I tend to chalk it up as not a good fit, and move on to something else. — Derek Sivers

I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results. — Elizabeth Zimmermann

You're tough when you need to be, and you can charm the pants off men who have three times your experience. Well, yes. Although I try not to take advantage of that too often. Very awkward negotiating with people who are sitting around in their underwear. — Julie James

When Times Are Hard Quotes

There is one thing sure about life: Life will push us hardly many times! When you are pushed, don't be surprised; stay firm like a plane tree or be elastic like a bamboo! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy

Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand. — Sylvia Plath

Easier quote It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult.
It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult.

When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself. — Charles R. Swindoll

The best time to start is when things are hard, and when things are imperfect, because they will be imperfect again in the future. — Alex Hormozi

And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place. — Dick Durbin

Easier quote Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.

Perhaps when we die our names are takenfrom us by a divine magnet and are freeto flutter here and there within the bodies of birds.I'll be a simple crowwho can reach the top of Antelope Butte.(From: Hard Times) — Jim Harrison

I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work. — Lee Iacocca

Don't cry, you crybaby! When you think things are hard, that's the time you are maturing as a person. If you get over the darkness, a wonderful new day will come. The bright morning will be filled with light and the birds will be singing . There'll be white roses with a lovely fragrance. — Aya Kito

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard. — Miep Gies

Happier Times Quotes

Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. — Alan Watts

There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. — Leo Buscaglia

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area. — Brian Tracy

Easier quote Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.
Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be. — Tanya Tucker

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. — William Lyon Phelps

Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times. — Roy Orbison

Easier quote Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.

Remember when you were considered an environmentalist when you didn't throw junk out the car window? I sure do miss that simpler, happier time. — Paula Poundstone

I would like to stop worrying so much, because I worry all the time. And to learn how to be happier, just in general. I have to learn to take things not so seriously. And to stop biting my nails!... Recording music has helped take my mind off certain things. For me, my music is therapy. — Britney Spears

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives. — Earl Nightingale

Simpler Times Quotes

You know, when people talk about filmmaking and the techniques of filmmaking, we use them all the time in network television news in order to make our stories simpler, tighter and more understandable to the general public. — Lowell Bergman

Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by numerous examples that the rigorous method is at the same time the simpler and the more easily comprehended. The very effort for rigor forces us to find out simpler methods of proof. — David Hilbert

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff. — Clint Eastwood

Easier quote Life becomes easier when you let go of the unneeded stress. If it's out of your control, don't let i
Life becomes easier when you let go of the unneeded stress. If it's out of your control, don't let it worry you.

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. — David Hilbert

Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time. — Matt Ridley

Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance. — Bill Gates

I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time. — Jeremy Piven

The dream factory of that time was much simpler. As media outlets grew, everything became so complicated. — Janet Leigh

The reason we are at the ballpark is to win that day's game, and we don't need to be concerned with anything else during the time we are in uniform. It makes things a lot simpler, a lot easier. — Todd Helton

Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking — Henry Ford

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More Easier Quotes

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me. — Sojourner Truth

We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope. — Merle Haggard

It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle's eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory. — Kwame Nkrumah

The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become. — Alphonse Mucha

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. — Muhammad Ali

The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest. — Hedy Lamarr

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do. — Byron Katie

I have just accepted certain things and it makes it easier. I accept I will get injured. I accept I cannot win every race. I work hard to decrease the chances of those things happening but I accept they will happen. A lot of people don't accept it. They get injured, they go crazy. — Usain Bolt

Your nafs (soul/desires) is your first battlefield. If you are victorious over it, then you will find the other battlefields easier. — Hassan al-Banna

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. — Anthony Hopkins

It's easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable. — Craig Kielburger

Life turns on a dime. have no idea what tomorrow will bring... sure life would be a lot easier if we knew what was going to happen. You've got to live by faith one day at a time. — Eddie Guerrero

A slave stands infront of Allah on two occasions. The first during salah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whoseover stands correctly in the first, the second standing will be made easier for him. And whosoever, disregards the first standing, the second standing will be extremely difficult. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand. — Mike Royko

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress. — Mark Zuckerberg

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. — Martin Van Buren

The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy. — Yves Saint Laurent

It is, of course, much easier to shout, abuse, and howl than to attempt to relate, to explain. — Vladimir Lenin

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission — Grace Hopper

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. — Jim Rohn

I find that life is easier when it is just a blur With no details to confuse who or what or where I was So when the ending comes the full regret will be obscure — Conor Oberst

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them. — John F. Kennedy

Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. — Mae West

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important. — Barbara Coloroso

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