(688 quotes found)
“The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.”
Samuel Smiles
“Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole novel”
Bertrand Russell
“We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.”
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
Rene Descartes
“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“The difficulty in life is the choice.”
George Moore
“Hazards - There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.”
Larry Kersten
“Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”
Oscar Wilde
“The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - sometimes three”
Alexandre Dumas Père
“I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.”
Nora Ephron
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