“Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.”

Considerations by the Way
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)

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American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882

Steve Kluger book Almost Like Being in Love

Source: Almost Like Being in Love

“I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something; to do the hard but necessary things not the easy and needless things.”

John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States

Senator McCain's announcement speech for his 2008 presidential bid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain_presidential_campaign,_2008 (25 April 2007) <br class="br">Full text of the speech can be found here on The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/us/politics/26mccain_text.html <br class="br">2000s, 2007

“Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.”

Steven Brust book Tiassa

Tiassa ( 2011) (goodreads) http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/13578278

“Our chief want in life, is somebody who shall make us do what we can.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Considerations by the Way
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)

“Making money isn't hard in itself… What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. … I’m a winner. It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them. That doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.”

LeBron James (1984) American basketball player

A Handshake Is Not Too Much to Ask, Even From a King, William C. Rhoden, The New York Times, June 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/sports/basketball/02rhoden.html, <br class="br">James answering why he refuses to shake hand with Dwight Howard.

“In the first inning, there is always something wrong. I hit somebody, I walk somebody, there's a blooper. But that's part of the game. You have to be able to control yourself and make good pitches to get yourself out of trouble.”

Carlos Zambrano (1981) Venezuelan baseball pitcher

Author Unknown, Pittsburgh 6, Chi Cubs 4 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270510116, Yahoo! Sports, Retrieved on June 16, 2007 <br class="br">2007

“… because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

“Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

Source: Almost Perfect

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer

"My Neighbor's Son"
To My Daughters, With Love (1967)

“Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.”

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