Difficulty Quotes

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Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by… — John Ruskin
But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those… — William Carlos Williams
When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which… — Vincent Van Gogh
Painting it was hard graft. There are one and a half large tubes of white in the ground - yet that ground is very dark... — Vincent Van Gogh
It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience. — Claude Monet
It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it! — Claude Monet
I have once more taken up things that can't be done: water with grasses weaving on the bottom. But I'm always tackling that sort of… — Claude Monet
It really is appallingly difficult to do something which is complete in every respect, and I think most people are content with mere approximations. Well,… — Claude Monet
The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg. — Emile Zola
Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty. — Samuel Smiles
One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going… — Freya Stark
After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: 'What did I do right?' and 'What would I do differently? — Brian Tracy
Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. — Brian Tracy
Your rewards in life will be determined by what you do, how well you do it, and the difficulty of replacing you. — Brian Tracy
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
Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them. — Meher Baba
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
We must seek ways to solve difficulties such as hatred, envy and jealousy. — Sathya Sai Baba
You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns. — Sathya Sai Baba
The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up… — Natalie Goldberg

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