Difficulty Quotes

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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point — Barbara Mertz
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.… — James Madison
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly… — Adam Smith
Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justiceâ€¦, the path of faith, the path of hope,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for… — Charles Darwin
In my case, I think my exile saved my life, for it inexorably confirmed something which Americans appear to have great difficulty accepting. Which is,… — James A. Baldwin
When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again. — Albert Einstein
From space, astronauts can see people making love as a tiny speck of light. Not light, exactly, but a glow that could be confused for… — Jonathan Safran Foer
You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties has always been prepared for you, and you will find it if you exercise… — Henry B. Eyring
Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against… — Thomas Aquinas
Difficulty shows what men are. — Epictetus
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to… — Alfred Adler
To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will--we all do. If we choose to… — Benjamin Carson
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesnâ€™t come every… — George Bernard Shaw
How did you ever happen to remember that I might be hungry? But of course you would. Will you mind very much if I run… — Elizabeth Marie Pope
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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