The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes…

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

— George Santayana

“[INTJs and INFJs] Are willing to concede that the impossible takes a little longer—but not much”

— Isabel Briggs Myers

Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week.

— Jay Z

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

— Fridtjof Nansen

“We can do hard things -- it's the impossible that takes a little longer.”

— Alan Packer

To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and see the big picture. If everything…

— Eli Pariser

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult,…

— Ernest Hemingway

It should not be this difficult for people of good will, people with experience, to offer it in service to their country. There are…

— Annamie Paul

If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult…

— Barbra Streisand

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.

— Simone de Beauvoir

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot…

— Chogyam Trungpa

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are…

— Marc Bloch

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

— Phil Ochs

All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled…

— James Cross Giblin

Making movies seemed so impossible as far as getting my ideas funded.

— Boots Riley