Difficult Quotes

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The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle. — Leonard Bernstein
When you discipline yourself to do what is hard, you gain access to a realm of results that are denied everyone else. The willingness to… — Steve Pavlina
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak… — Bertolt Brecht
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance. — Laozi
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. We cannot cede… — Barack Obama
It is notoriously difficult to define the word living. — Francis Crick
Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what… — Hippocrates
As is well known the principle of virtual velocities transforms all statics into a mathematical assignment, and by D'Alembert's principle for dynamics, the latter is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must make infinitely more… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors — Charles Caleb Colton
There was a golden period that I look back upon with great regret, in which the cheapest of experimental animals were medical students. Graduate students… — George Wald
When you start in science, you are brainwashed into believing how careful you must be, and how difficult it is to discover things. There's something… — Francis Crick
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall… — Charles Caleb Colton
Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work… — Theobald Smith
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game. — Queen Elizabeth II
Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable… — Virginia Woolf
I would be a liar if I said I don't care [about my appearance]; yes, I care. I found it very difficult, when I first… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.' I was deeply… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself… — Ian Botham

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