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title: "12 Difficulty Quotes By Mao Zedong"
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> [Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/be-resolute-fear-no-sacrifice-and-surmount-every-difficulty-to-win/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/new-things-have-to-experience-difficulties-and-setbacks-as-they-grow/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/anyone-who-sees-only-the-bright-side-but-not-the-difficulties-cannot/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-times-of-difficulty-we-must-not-lose-sight-of-our-achievements/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/what-is-work-work-is-struggle-there-are-difficulties-and-problems-in/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [Wherever our comrades go they must build good relations with the masses, be concerned for them and help them overcome their difficulties.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/wherever-our-comrades-go-they-must-build-good-relations-with-the/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [New things always have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow. It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/new-things-always-have-to-experience-difficulties-and-setbacks-as/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/at-certain-times-in-the-revolutionary-struggle-the-difficulties/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-wealth-of-society-is-created-by-the-workers-peasants-and-working/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-have-an-army-for-fighting-as-well-as-an-army-for-labour-for/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-popular-masses-are-like-water-and-the-army-is-like-a-fish-how/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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> [The comrades throughout the Party must take all this fully into account and be prepared to overcome all difficulties with an indomitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-comrades-throughout-the-party-must-take-all-this-fully-into/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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## Other authors on Difficulty

## More by Mao Zedong

> [Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/firstly-do-not-fear-hardship-and-secondly-do-not-fear-death/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [The most effective method of propaganda directed at the enemy forces is to release captured soldiers and give the wounded medical treatment... Whenever soldiers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/the-most-effective-method-of-propaganda-directed-at-the-enemy-forces/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-must-learn-to-do-economic-work-from-all-who-know-how-no-matter-who/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/a-revolution-is-not-a-dinner-party-or-writing-an-essay-or-painting-a/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/at-the-beginning-of-anything-out-of-the-ordinary-the-mass-of-the/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/winds-flap-the-sail-tortoise-and-snake-are-silent-a-great-plan-looms/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/let-a-hundred-flowers-bloom-let-a-hundred-schools-of-thought-contend/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [ In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . \[Stalin\] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . .… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/in-the-struggle-to-defend-the-legacy-of-leninism-stalin-proved/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/new-things-have-to-experience-difficulties-and-setbacks-as-they-grow/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can apply the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-necessary-to-master-marxist-theory-and-apply-it-master-it-for/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/it-is-a-very-good-thing-and-a-significant-one-too-to-exterminate-the/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [Return to Shaoshan I regret the passing, the dying, of the vague dream: my native orchards thirty-two years ago. Yet red banners roused the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/return-to-shaoshan-i-regret-the-passing-the-dying-of-the-vague-dream/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [We should go to the masses and learn from them, synthesize their experience into better, articulated principles and methods, then do propaganda among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/we-should-go-to-the-masses-and-learn-from-them-synthesize-their/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [Complacency is the enemy of study.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/complacency-is-the-enemy-of-study/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

> [Women hold up half the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/women-hold-up-half-the-sky/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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