Difficulty Quotes

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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the… — Samuel Smiles
For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and… — Iain Duncan Smith
Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that… — Sonia Sotomayor
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who… — Sonia Sotomayor
I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer… — Steven Spielberg
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. — Baruch Spinoza
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. — Charles Spurgeon
The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the… — Charles Stanley
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems… — James Surowiecki
Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make… — Pete Townshend
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. — Harry S. Truman
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of… — Paul Valery
You know, if you're a human and living on the planet, it doesn't matter what you do; you are not immune to the challenges, the… — Iyanla Vanzant
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. — Peter De Vries
The difficulty for me is that I'm interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty… — Emma Watson
The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible. — Alan Watts
If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene,… — Andrew Weil
I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected. — Eli Whitney
I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel… — Ricky Williams

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