42 quotes
“Even in the midst of a very difficult time we can find moments of joy through the practice of faith”
— Jack Kornfield
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”
— Thales
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
— Seneca
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”
— African Proverb
“We do not get to look away from what is difficult we need to look at it with kindness”
— Roxane Gay
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
— William Shakespeare
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult”
— Unknown
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”
— Machiavelli
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
“The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing”
— Marina Abramovic
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same”
— Tom Brady
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
— Confucius
“For one human being to love another within a family that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“Nothing is harder to do than nothing”
— Jenny Odell
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Peace is the reward of patience.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are”
— Epictetus
“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”
— Robin Sharma
“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves and faith helps us be kinder to ourselves”
— Pema Chodron
“Complicating is easy simplifying is difficult”
— Bruno Munari
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
“Sometimes the hardest things in life are the things most worth doing”
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
— Seneca the Younger
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult and faith gives us daring”
“The great illusion of leadership is to think that others can be led out of difficulty by someone who has never faced it without faith”
— Henri Nouwen
“Have patience all things are difficult before they become easy and kindness makes the difficulty bearable”
“No mud no lotus the most beautiful things grow from difficulty”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
“True peace is achieved not by living without difficulty but by living beyond difficulty.”
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
— Epicurus
“Knowing how to simplify is one of the most difficult things in the world.”
— Vincent van Gogh
“However difficult life may seem there is always something you can do and succeed at”
— Stephen Hawking
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