Top 1200 Difficult Quotes & Sayings

If you don't know where you come from, it's difficult to determine where you are.- It's even more difficult to plan where you are going.

It's been difficult for me to get my head around Diana's death or talk about it. After she died, things were difficult, very difficult. We all have our own traumas and get on with it. But when it's there in your face year in, year out, it's hard.

Be of good courage all is before you, and time passed in the difficult is never lost...What is required of us is that we live the difficult and learn to deal with it. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.

It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.

Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into joy. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into joy!

It's difficult to parent one kid, let alone five! It's insane. It's this strange, overwhelming mess that I would not trade for anything. I think it's more difficult in New York City. It's not like we can hop in the minivan and go somewhere. I don't own a car. It's chaos anywhere. Being a parent is difficult. Being a son and a daughter is difficult. It's a human relationship.

I liked film-making, but the most difficult thing was the editing. I found it tormentingly difficult.

Mum built a life for me in a difficult place at a difficult time.

It's difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it's difficult in any industry.

...many have the idea that organizing people is very difficult, but it isn't. It becomes difficult only at the point where you begin to see other things that are easier. But if you are willing to give the time and make the sacrifice, it's not that difficult to organize.

I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

It is difficult to discuss... history.. it is more difficult to talk about today.. simple things…

The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.

Working with Roman Polanski is funny. It's like anything in life - someone warns you that something's going to be amazing or difficult or awful, and you say, "I can do that. I can cope with that." And then when you're in the middle of it, it may be joyful or tricky, but it's never difficult in the way you think it's going to be difficult.

When there is a difficult moment, you need to stay strong because it's difficult when you don't play.

Focusing on the negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult

[Stéphane Mallarmé] theory of the hermetic is a mistake, but he can be only difficult to read when he has difficult things to say.

I think the time I spent at Aston Villa was difficult. It was a difficult time and a difficult moment for the team.

Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write poems that are misunderstood. A drunk, a three-year-old-they are easily misunderstood. What is difficult is being clear and mysterious at the same time. The dramatic situation needs to be as clear in a poem as it is in a piece of good journalism. The why is part of the mystery, but the who, what, where, and when should all be understood.

I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well.

There aren't any songs that I would call impossible to play live, but some are difficult. A lot of Queensryche songs are difficult to play live. It's quite a difficult question to answer because everybody (In the band) has their own opinion of what's difficult to play.

Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.

I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.

This is about doing something difficult and not stopping when it becomes not just difficult, but cold and difficult...or cold and wet and difficult...or cold and wet and dark and difficult.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

The questions of traditional and redefined marriage are highly emotional and a difficult and sensitive topic. Living in the D.C. area and having gay friends and colleagues, I find the topic difficult to discuss and sometimes even difficult write about for fear that I will be judged.

I've never felt that my job was difficult because I'm a woman. It's a difficult job regardless, and it's even more difficult in Lebanon because there's no film industry. There's no structure, funding, or institutions for filmmakers.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Consider that spiritual safety comes through spiritual unity. Christians united together are difficult to separate, difficult to break, difficult to pick off and destroy. It is when you isolate yourself by disrupting or denying unity that you are most at risk.

It is clear that we must trust what is difficult; everything alive trusts in it, everything in Nature grows and defends itself any way it can and is spontaneously itself, tries to be itself at all costs and against all opposition. We know little, but that we must trust in what is difficult is a certainty that will never abandon us; it is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be one more reason for us to do it.

Try to be transparent, clear and truthful. Even when it is difficult, and above all when it is difficult.

It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after a while you make the connection between doing difficult things and the benefits you get from doing them, and you come to look forward to doing these difficult things.

Writing a book is as difficult or as easy as any other job. Everyone's job is difficult. So to fetishize difficulties in writing as something extra-difficult or something very privileged - I don't buy that at all.

Good times are a reminder and a reward for dealing with the difficult and challenging times we all go through. The trick is to celebrate the good times in advance of the difficult times. Always remember, good times await you after the difficult times pass.

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.

Winning the UCL is really difficult. Only one team can win it, so it's very difficult.

It's very difficult to follow our dreams, but it's even more difficult to forget them.

We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.

Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.

People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.

When you write, you're always revealing a difficult part of yourself. It may not be a part of yourself that looks as difficult - there are parts that look more difficult - but in fact, they are all difficult, and you get kind of used to doing that. It is sort of the nature of the thing.

To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it is more difficult, but to spend it wisely, most difficult of all.

People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

I think Wonder Woman is a very difficult character to crack. More difficult than Superman, who is also more difficult than Batman. Also, a lot of people in Hollywood believe that it's hard to do a big action movie with a female lead. I happen to disagree with that.

Sometimes it's difficult to win even if you are the best team. If you're not, it's more difficult.

Cellulose has physical and chemical properties that make it difficult to access and difficult to break down.

A Christian's authenticity is show in difficult hours it is in difficult hours that the church grows in authenticity. Blest be God for this difficult hour in our archdiocese. Let us be worthy of it.

It's difficult to bowl a good ball but to take a wicket off it, that's even more difficult.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

Getting into the character is difficult and letting go of your life and the things that kind of define you, whatever it is in life that's your daily routine because you sort of find yourself in this other life and that's difficult and the other end is difficult.

It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick and powerless. It is difficult to suffer the selfishness of a drug addict who will lie to you and steal from you and forgive them and offer them help. Can there be any other disease that renders its victims so unappealing?

It is difficult to accept failure when you are a student. It is also difficult to succeed because everyone is so competitive!

We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. We’re difficult to ourselves, we’re difficult to each other.

Words are difficult and photography takes the words away from things. It's difficult to talk about something that seems to come very naturally to you, to explain a process. A moment is really difficult to put on paper.

Success is a very difficult thing. It's much more difficult than one might think.

The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.