--- title: "11 Difficult Thoughts Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Difficult Thoughts quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Difficult Thoughts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/wu-cheng-en-33421_difficult_nothing-in-the-world-is-difficult-it-is_2164280.jpg" --- > [Nothing in the world is difficult, it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-cheng-en/nothing-in-the-world-is-difficult-it-is-only-our-own-thoughts-that/) [Wu Cheng'en](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wu-cheng-en/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/wu-cheng-en-33421_difficult_nothing-in-the-world-is-difficult-it-is_2164280.jpg) > [Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/thinking-is-easy-acting-is-difficult-and-to-put-one-s-thoughts-into/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_acting_thinking-is-easy-acting-is-difficult-and_2432076.jpg) > [“Your child acts this way because she doesn’t know how else to handle her difficult thoughts and feelings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bernstein/your-child-acts-this-way-because-she-doesn-t-know-how-else-to-handle/) [Jeffrey Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bernstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/jeffrey-bernstein-59951_children_your-child-acts-this-way-because-she-doe_1912716.jpg) > [Playing in the Premier League is difficult enough without any other thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-howe/playing-in-the-premier-league-is-difficult-enough-without-any-other/) [Eddie Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-howe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/eddie-howe-6144_any_playing-in-the-premier-league-is-difficu_1118674.jpg) > [Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/good-writing-involves-the-agony-of-turning-profoundly-difficult/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/pat-conroy-768_agony_good-writing-involves-the-agony-of-turni_3039778.jpg) > [I can smile through my own troubles which is not difficult when my thoughts are my own¦I OWN THEM and if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/i-can-smile-through-my-own-troubles-which-is-not-difficult-when-my/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/senoraroy-77_smile_i-can-smile-through-my-own-troubles-whic_2658199.jpg) > [“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thinking-it-involves-the-agony-of-3/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/pat-conroy-768_writing_good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thin_2108338.jpg) > [“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into a lucid form and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thinking-it-involves-the-agony-of/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/pat-conroy-768_communication_good-writing-is-the-hardest-form-of-thin_823878.jpg) > [“Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyalwa-dokhampa/through-meditation-difficult-thoughts-and-emotions-may-well-rise-up/) [Gyalwa Dokhampa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyalwa-dokhampa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/gyalwa-dokhampa-19574_emotion_through-meditation-difficult-thoughts-an_2835506.jpg) > [Now, in our opinion no author should be blamed for obscurity, nor should any pains be grudged in the effort to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-meynell/now-in-our-opinion-no-author-should-be-blamed-for-obscurity-nor/) [Alice Meynell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-meynell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/alice-meynell-13352_books_now-in-our-opinion-no-author-should-be-b_2398424.png) > [I think we're coming into a time where it has to do with how you stand in relationship to your own world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-c-hayes/i-think-we-re-coming-into-a-time-where-it-has-to-do-with-how-you/) [Steven C. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-c-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/steven-c-hayes-19351_believe_i-think-we-re-coming-into-a-time-where-i_3034211.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficult-thoughts/#itemlist", "name": "Difficult Thoughts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing in the world is difficult, it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wu Cheng'en" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wu-cheng-en/nothing-in-the-world-is-difficult-it-is-only-our-own-thoughts-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/wu-cheng-en-33421_difficult_nothing-in-the-world-is-difficult-it-is_2164280.jpg", "contentUrl": 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