Difficulty Quotes

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When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere. — Soren Kierkegaard
The contour eludes me. — Paul Cezanne
Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such… — Eugene Delacroix
One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy. — Eugene Delacroix
I had placed my stick on the table, as I do every evening. It had been specially made to suit my height, to enable me… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget. — Herbert Newton Casson
Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place… — Owen Wilson
The difficulty of carrying on a leisure-oriented tradition of culture in a work-oriented society is enough in itself to keep the present crisis in our… — Clement Greenberg
It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their… — William Morris Hunt
Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage. — Milton H. Erickson
The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will disagree, but I… — Tim Ferriss
There are so many things in the world - in the cities - so much to see. Does art need to represent this variety and… — Philip Guston
With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives.… — Bob Hayes
I've been through a lot and I realise the future can't be controlled. I'm not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties. — Niki Lauda
I learned the tricks... If you want to do academic things, you can do them. It is not difficult. Yet it is from this difficulty… — Isamu Noguchi
The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on… — Jack White
The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks. — John Vianney
Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence. — Walter J. Phillips
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make… — Boris Spassky
The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God. — Samuel Clarke

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