Difficult Quotes

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It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death. — Socrates
Such self-transformation is the most difficult and dangerous challenge to the imagination, and it is the most rewarding. Meeting it is only possible for the… — Robert Grudin
As you learn to consciously observe the transformation process, you will watch yourself repeating a lot of old patterns long after you seemingly know better.… — Shakti Gawain
You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy.… — Don Johnson
These proceedings may at first seem strange and difficult, but like all other steps which we have already passed over, will in a little time… — Thomas Paine
It's difficult to excel at something you don't truly enjoy. — Jack Nicklaus
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players… — Jack Nicklaus
Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter… — C.S. Lewis
It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form… — Aberjhani
Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer,… — Edsger Dijkstra
The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly and at great length. If not… — William Gibson
What I do know, at least what I think I have learned from my experiences in business, is that when there is a rush for… — Mark Cuban
Respecting differences is very difficult. — Rod Steiger
I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things. — Will Smith
When you make a movie, everyone should leave their own personal problems at home. When they start bringing those to set, filming can be very… — Robert De Niro
Most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them. — Amy Chua
When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent. — David Bronstein
The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this art is required… — Leonid Shamkovich
Second thoughts have aborted more dreams than all the difficult circumstances, overwhelming obstacles, and dangerous detours fate ever could throw at you. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then,… — Ron Chernow

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