Difficult Quotes

6176 Difficult quotes by 3909 unique authors

We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity… — Woodrow Wilson
In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great. — Oscar Levant
Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big… — Alfred Hitchcock
Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill. — Sheri L. Dew
Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the… — Douglas Adams
But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for… — Daniel Handler
If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us… — Neal A. Maxwell
To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty — John Ruskin
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. — Daniel Webster
The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas… — John Cleese
October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.… — Neil Gaiman
People are the most difficult thing in the world to change — Gena Showalter
The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. — Paul Simon
It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region. — Edith Wharton
Rejoice with those who rejoice." I have found that difficult too often. I was much better at weeping with those who weep. — Marilynne Robinson
It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding… — Albert Einstein
Perfection is something we should all strive for. It's a duty and a joy to perfect one's nature... The most difficult thing is love. A… — R. D. Laing
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. — Pema Chodron
Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most… — Virginia Woolf
The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment. — T.H. White
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn. — Katharine Graham

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