It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs

Comedy is a medicine – a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better

All things are difficult before they are easy

Do I feel like I’m 65? No. I feel like I’m 15. That’s my problem. I’m trying as hard as I can to act like I’m 65, but it’s very difficult.

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.

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit.

Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.

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

If we think something is not good, we’ll openly say it. If there’s choreography, for example, and it feels like it’s going to be too taxing on our physical resources – as I said, we’re not getting any younger – we’ll say so, and then we’ll make those changes.

Where something becomes extremely difficult and unbearable, there we also stand already quite near its transformation.

There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

Arrive at knowledge over small streamlets, and do not plunge immediately into the ocean, since progress must go from the easier to the more difficult

It is significant that it is as difficult to get charity out of piety as to get reasonableness out of rationalism.

Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious

I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult.

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered

It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it

When I got the opportunity to do the new wing [the Schauhaus] for the German Historical Museum, for instance, I didn’t see it as an opportunity for my own ego, to do something so exciting that every architectural publication would want to put it on the cover. I accepted it because I knew it was going to be a very difficult project, and I wasn’t sure I could do something exciting there.

Music is more difficult – try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political

Music is more difficult – try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political

It is difficult to make political art work

The theory that women should only be asked to do work that was safe and relatively mundane was ignored whenever something risky or difficult actually needed to be done.

The only thing more difficult than being a God is being Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke has all these responsibilities, to save the planet. To save the world. To redeem Thom Yorke

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the ’50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!

It’s difficult to talk about Pele because I didn’t see him

There’s just something about Highbury that is difficult to describe. When you first arrive, you hardly see the stadium and wonder where it is but then you find it between two blocks of flats

It is difficult to begin with Atletico, because there is pressure from the fans, because they are accustomed to a very good goalkeeper, but I have no fear of that. I play my game.

The Premier League is very difficult

It was a difficult decision to say no twice to Barcelona. It was never a secret that I have admired them since I was a kid and that I always wished I could play for Barcelona. But life is made of hard decisions that sometimes go against what you dream of.

If you don’t have your family behind you, supporting you and giving you advice when you need it, things can get very difficult.

It’s difficult as a player once you have gone back to Brazil to get that second chance in Europe. Sometimes you only get one chance.

It’s very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

It’s difficult to act in a language that’s not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.

Bringing a baby into the world is not like grilling enchiladas. It’s a difficult thing.

Every time Spain play England at any level, it is difficult.

I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I’ve since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.

When teams are dropping off, it’s difficult, especially as a striker. You always have two center-halves behind you and maybe a sitting midfielder as well. It’s a bit more difficult creating chances.

Jose Mourinho was a difficult coach for me, and we had a respectful but complicated relationship. When I thought he would give me a chance, I couldn’t prove to him that I was in good shape.

I have overcome many difficult moments in my career.

We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought

Obviously, given the objective that we have, what I would hope is that people would be able to see that actually we had reduced the numbers of people, the net number of people, coming into the country. People would, presumably, see that, but it’s difficult to say how.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave

To extract beauty from one’s own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art

It is a law of competition that people who can do difficult things which others cannot will earn more profit.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice

Emotions are my weakness. It is in my blood. It is very difficult to control.

It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.

Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks at once.

We can be the victim of the world we see, or we can choose to perceive difficult past experiences as a catalyst for change.

I’ve been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I’m being is truthful and honest. And I think that’s been a thorn in my side. I auditioned for a lot of work and got some good feedback, and then was told I wasn’t the choice.

The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.

And then, I suppose, there’s also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

I only understand difficult things.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: “What would Christ have done?” Then do it-as nearly as you can.

I hit a lot of very good golf shots this week. I’m not going to beat up my short game, but I had some putting difficulty. But I’m not complaining.

Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

I think that fragrance is the most difficult thing that a designer has as a challenge.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Energy is a very subtle concept. It is very, very difficult to get right.

There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance

Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

The three most difficult words to speak are, I was wrong.

Never give up on something you really want. It’s difficult to wait, but more difficult to regret.

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Scheherazade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.

I came up from a difficult background.

I’m a big lover of fish. Cooking fish is so much more difficult than cooking protein meats, because there are no temperatures in the medium, rare, well done cooking a stunning sea bass or a scallop.

I recall when we opened in New York how the designer locks were impossible to slide shut, often leading to a difficult encounter no matter which side of the door you were on.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

It often happens that what stares us in the face is the most difficult to perceive.

Humanity is now experiencing history’s most difficult evolutionary transformation.

Teamwork is neither “good” nor “desirable.” It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a team. Which team to use for what purpose is a crucial, difficult and risky decision that is even harder to unmake. Managements have yet to learn how to make it.

It is difficult to realise that it was less than 50 years ago that women in Britain were first given the vote, but parliament was first asked to grant this 100 years ago.

I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

It is Easy to be a Hater. Go for the difficult Task: be a Lover.

Working with people is difficult, but not impossible.

I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.

The difficulty with this conversation is that it’s very different from most of the ones I’ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.

Doubt discovers difficulties which it never solves; it creates hesitancy, despondency, despair. Its progress is the decay of comfort, the death of peace. “Believe!” is the word which speaks life into a man, but doubt nails down his coffin.

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God’s Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention.

It is difficult to take in that your idols are in the same place as you are.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations, you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.

The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determining influence on the commander’s will, the more the difficulties will increase.

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

The most difficult thing about being humble is not being able to brag about it.

The landing approach was, by far, the most difficult and challenging part of the flight. Walking on the lunar surface was very interesting, but it was something we looked on as reasonably safe and predictable. So the feeling of elation accompanied the landing rather than the walking.

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly, we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.

It is not true that love makes all things easy; it makes us choose things that are difficult.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

I might go to Alcoholics Anonymous, but I think it would be difficult for me to remain anonymous.

I was in for 10 years and I think I must have had 35 different managers. It wasn’t easy for them.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

It is most difficult to understand the disposition of the Bible God, it is such a confusion of contradictions; of watery instabilities and iron firmness; of goody-goody abstract morals made out of words, and concreted hell-born ones made out of acts; of fleeting kindness repented of in permanent malignities.

It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them.

Love is a hero’s journey, and the hero’s journey is a noble but difficult path.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

My own life has been much more than a fairy tale. I’ve had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties I’ve gone through, I’ve always gotten the prize at the end.

Lastly, we can learn to have faith in ourselves and our creative abilities, no matter how difficult the task may seem.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

If it’s hard to remember, it’ll be difficult to forget.

Difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream.

We spent all day travelling, living away from the people you love, not sleep in our own bed … We are far from our own houses. We live in hotels, clubs. And now that I am a father it is much more difficult

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, either mentally or physically, to cope with their life, to live the sport.

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself.

Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is–pray and believe.

In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.

What a difficult thing it is to ask someone’s advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.

In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.

Our starting position was a bit compromised, i know it’s going to be difficult to the end but I think that’s nice. It keeps it exciting.

Even when life may be difficult, we should thank God for all He does for us-which we do not deserve.

Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.

The present is always difficult, but all would be different if we had faith in the future.

Symbolism is useful because it makes things difficult. Now in the beginning everything is self-evident, and it is hard to see whether one self-evident proposition follows from another or not. Obviousness is always the enemy to correctness. Hence we must invent a new and difficult symbolism in which nothing is obvious. … Thus the whole of Arithmetic and Algebra has been shown to require three indefinable notions and five indemonstrable propositions.

I misjudged her—wasn’t mature enough to understand how difficult it was for her

What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don’t acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women’s share in society is.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.

Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power

It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

The only ones among youThe only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult

Everything I do, it’s not going right, and I don’t know what to do

Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled – to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.

I must get used to the idea that no one will ever understand me. This fate must be common to all people who are very difficult to get along with.

It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.