Great Difficulty Quotes

53 quotes by 47 authors

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its… — John Berger
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you… — Benjamin Haydon
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music… — Michelangelo
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since… — J. William Fulbright
There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead. — Saadi
The infantryman slithers in the mud, while many teams of horses are needed to drag each gun forward. All wheeled vehicles sink up to their… — Gunther Blumentritt
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read… — Robertson Davies
Global warming is not a threat. But environmentalism's response to it is....Even if global warming is a fact, the free citizens of an industrial civilization… — George Reisman
[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty… — Swami Vivekananda
Making a living is nothing; the great difficulty is making a point, making a difference-with words. — Elizabeth Hardwick
Notice how people can sit for hours and talk to one another, but call us to pray and we find it to be great difficulty.… — David Wallace
I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white hetero- sexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary- vested-interest-power. But… — Robin Morgan
It takes the passage of time before an image of a commonplace subject can be assessed. The great difficulty of what I attempt is seeing… — George A Tice
It is a great difficulty and a great necessity to have to start with the smallest. — Paul Klee
I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure. — Richard Branson
That famous writerâ€™s block is a myth as far as Iâ€™m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They donâ€™t want… — Gore Vidal
I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet. — Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
A peculiarity of the higher arithmetic is the great difficulty which has often been experienced in proving simple general theorems which had been suggested quite… — Harold Davenport
But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may be inferred from the imperfect… — Nassau William Senior
You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured. — Vincent de Paul

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