Difficult Things Quotes

• It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• All things are difficult before they are easy.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 560, 1732.

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• The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

  Amelia Earhart

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  John F. Kennedy

  Travel, New Beginnings, Journey

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

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• There are all too many who, on account of their notorious ineptitude, thrive better in a rationalist system than in freedom. Freedom is one of those difficult things.

  Carl Jung

  Ineptitude, Notorious, Difficult

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• Difficult things aren't easy, but they're worth it.

  Mia Love

  Easy, Difficult, Worth It

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• The most difficult thing is to know what we do know, and what we do not know.

  P.D. Ouspensky

  Difficult, Knows

  P. D. Ouspensky (2009). “Tertium Organum”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  Laozi

  Uplifting, Journey, Difficult And Easy

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• You can do anything you decide to do.

  Amelia Earhart

  Decision, Process Of Change, Tenacity

  "The Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.

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• Tough times never last, but tough people do.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.

  Jonathan Ive

  Kindness, Business, Comeback

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• All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Motivation

  Laozi (1905). “The Simple Way”

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• To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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• A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

  Duke Ellington

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• No matter what happens or how difficult things become, you will eventually feel better.

  Chris Rock

  Feel Better, Matter, Difficult

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they grow up, you have to do that difficult thing of setting their baggage down and taking up your own again.

  Lucille Clifton

  Children, Growing Up, People

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• Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well.

  Chris Lowe

  Mean, People, Trying

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• The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.

  Bruce Lee

  Things In Life, Secret, Three

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  The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Positive

  Interview with Edward W. Desmond, Time magazine, December 04, 1989.

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• Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness.

  Sun Tzu

  Greatness, Sage, Done

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• . . . it is true that language and forward movement in the cinema are jolly hard to reconcile. It's a very, very, difficult thing to do. . . . There is still a place in the cinema for movies that are driven by the human face, and not by explosions and cars and guns and action sequences . . . there's such a thing as action and speed within thought rather than within a ceaseless milkshake of images.

  David Hare

  Gun, Car, Faces

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• The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.

  Pat Riley

  Selfish, Team, Sacrifice

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• The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

  Thales

  Life, Development, Personal Growth

  "Many Thoughts of Many Minds". Book by Henry Southgate, p. 338, 1862.

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• The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.

  Cornel West

  Difficult, Humans, Human Beings

  Cornel West (1998). “Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America”, G K Hall & Company

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