Difficult Quotes

6176 Difficult quotes by 3909 unique authors

It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have. — Claude Monet
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life. — Charlotte Bronte
Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation… — Thomas Keller
Your 'frog' should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one where you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that… — Brian Tracy
Next to occupation is the building up of good taste. That is difficult, slow work. Few achieve it. It means all the difference in the… — Sherwood Anderson
It is difficult to predict, especially the future. — Niels Bohr
It is difficult to say why I decided I wanted to be an artist. Obviously, I had some facility, more than other people, but sometimes… — David Hockney
How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once.… — David Hockney
People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow,… — Albert Ellis
Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point. — Chogyam Trungpa
If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some… — Chogyam Trungpa
To be a housewife is a difficult, a wrenching, sometimes an ungrateful job if it is looked on only as a job. Regarded as a… — Phyllis McGinley
The difficulty with color is to go beyond the fact that it's color ? to have it be not just a colorful picture but really… — Mary Ellen Mark
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art. — Theophile Gautier
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for me. It's a… — Andrew Wyeth
People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive… — Ingmar Bergman
It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece… — Damien Hirst
Being an artist and having to be responsible for the art that you make is really quite challenging, and as you get older it becomes… — Tracey Emin
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous — Unknown Author
One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy. — Eugene Delacroix
Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the difficult… — Val Kilmer
Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched… — Fridtjof Nansen
It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Whatever the composition of a firm, if it is to do good business it should be a place where everyone is encouraged to progress toward… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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