42 quotes
“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
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
— Seneca
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
— Albert Einstein
“Knowing how to simplify is one of the most difficult things in the world.”
— Vincent van Gogh
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult”
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same”
— Tom Brady
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself”
— Thales
“Have patience all things are difficult before they become easy and kindness makes the difficulty bearable”
— Saadi Shirazi
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Peace is the reward of patience.”
“True peace is achieved not by living without difficulty but by living beyond difficulty.”
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”
“Even in the midst of a very difficult time we can find moments of joy through the practice of faith”
— Jack Kornfield
“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
“No mud no lotus the most beautiful things grow from difficulty”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
“Sometimes the hardest things in life are the things most worth doing”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
— Seneca the Younger
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are”
— Epictetus
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”
— African Proverb
“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
— Unknown
“Complicating is easy simplifying is difficult”
— Bruno Munari
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
— Confucius
“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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.”
— Epicurus
“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 things are difficult.”
“The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing”
— Marina Abramovic
“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”
— Robin Sharma
“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
“However difficult life may seem there is always something you can do and succeed at”
— Stephen Hawking
“We do not get to look away from what is difficult we need to look at it with kindness”
— Roxane Gay
“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves and faith helps us be kinder to ourselves”
— Pema Chodron
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