Difficulties Quotes
938 quotes by 676 authors
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We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties…
— George Washington
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Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the…
— Robert Hunter
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Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the elimination of all external difficulties.…
— Hugh Prather
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God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of…
— C.S. Lewis
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Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black headlines. But we…
— Wilferd Peterson
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It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making…
— Max Beerbohm
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Nevertheless, amid the greatest difficulties of my Administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance on God, knowing…
— Abraham Lincoln
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In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while…
— Jack Kornfield
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...Then I got divorced and everything changed, and I became a father in a whole new way and found a whole new set of difficulties.
— Louis C. K.
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May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of…
— Heber J. Grant
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When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 'remembering, remembering', or whatever.
— Jack Kornfield
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Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and be forced to…
— Albert Schweitzer
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If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped this point, final…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a…
— Fred Hoyle
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No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.
— William J. H. Boetcker
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
— William James
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It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a…
— Samuel Johnson
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Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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