Difficulty Quotes
2104 quotes by 1367 authors
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Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the demons…
— Symeon the New Theologian
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When we desire to be a blessing, we find that there are many ways in which we can bless others. We can give material goods…
— John Templeton
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The secret of the difficulties of those people who make a great deal of money, and yet are always in want of it, is this-they…
— William Hazlitt
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There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are…
— Zhuangzi
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Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's…
— John Templeton
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I'm never really sure what that word means, but however inaccurately I use it, 'classical' was always my ideal, as long as I can remember,…
— Gerhard Richter
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I started doing 'figures', then, one day, all of a sudden, I started doing abstraction. And then I started doing both. But it was never…
— Gerhard Richter
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties. How…
— Bernie Siegel
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The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is…
— George Mikes
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They've (Israel) lost the battle for public opinion. They claim it's because American Jews know too little.. I claim it's because they know too much…
— Norman Finkelstein
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A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts most definitely was…
— Laurence Olivier
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Our difficulties launch us into new states of consciousness where we are inspired to step out of the reality of our smallest thoughts and step…
— Debbie Ford
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Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor. ... I had not imagined that there was anything so delicious…
— Bertrand Russell
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One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.
— Aminu Kano
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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so…
— Harold Wilson
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Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of…
— ZZ Packer
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I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.
— Nicholson Baker
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The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects…
— Asa Gray
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Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds…
— Asa Gray
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