Life is hard doesn’t seek what you get

Life is hard doesn’t seek what you get
This saying from my senior high school Chinese teacher Mrs Lu, and it was written on the Flyleaf of the book she gave our group as a first place gift, now this book maybe in the hand of our group member WuhaoHao.
I don’t know what’s the meaning of this saying, maybe teacher just want us to know the importance of hardworking.
I always want to return to the time when I was senior high school student, I have a beautiful girlfriend Yi and not bad score, good teacher-student membership… At the same time I am very miss my senior high school Chinese teacher