Difficulty Quotes

“I'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Arrow's Flight

“The world is full of disappointment," I said.
"Yes," she said, "I heard him say that. And every creature is simply trying to get what it wants, and to make their way through a difficult world. Do you believe that?"
"No," I said. "There's more than that."
"Like what?"
"Like good books," I said, "and good people. And good librarians, who are almost both at once.”
― Lemony Snicket, Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?

“The real treasure of life, the one difficult to find and hard to attain, is never far from us. That’s an unwritten rule on this earth. What we desperately desire and need most is buried in the recesses of our innermost being all along. This is the open secret found in many traditions and told in many ways. Yet it remains a secret
because trusting in oneself remains one of the hardest things to do in life.”
― Michael Meade

“Ever since I was young I enjoyed solving puzzles and having the pleasure to see the bigger picture afterwards. But even after all that, I found that life could be the most challenging puzzle we have to face. It's one of those things that even if you have all the pieces and could see the whole picture, it still takes time and patience to solve it. At times, we feel more at ease not knowing the whole picture, not knowing the whole level of difficulty or number of pieces that we're missing, but just building up one piece at a time. The problem with this approach is that the only clues that we have for matching two pieces are the shape and a small glimpse of the image. We so often find comfort in building up the corners and the borders but very rarely do we adventure in the middle of the puzzle. We'd rather work little by little holding on to our safe border and only move towards the center when the pieces are still in touch with our borders or roots. On the other hand, you could be one of those people that just jumps in the middle and builds up on every piece you have in order to get small portions of the truth of the bigger picture every now and then. Not having your borders or corners in place might mean that you don't need to know your limits in order to realize that the puzzle will one day come to an end. Nevertheless, every piece is equally important and it gets handed to you at a time where you have at least some matching piece. That doesn't mean you should only focus on one point or piece and limit your possible connections. Spread out and you will find even more connections. The truth of the puzzle information comes in different shapes and colors but in the end it's all connected. Information might be divided, spread out in different areas, different people, different experiences. What's important to remember is that every piece is meant for you. You might throw it on the side now and use it later, but it will forever remain a part of your bigger picture. Work on your puzzle, with patience and care in moving forward and with a hopeful spirit that it will all work out in the end for your highest good!”
― Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache

“Sadness is an invitation to God.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Life is difficult and those who make us laugh are angels.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not about Christ, it's not about life.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“We should learn from flowers, earthly stars which spend their entire lives shining, shining and growing despite all the difficulties they encounter. They know how to listen and understand the whispers of time, for it is an eternal friend that teaches the importance of friendship and sparkling hope.”
― Nur Bedeir

“You take up the spiritual path only when you feel you cannot do otherwise.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“As Blake wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
― Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle

“Knowledge is a light burden. Ignorance...a heavy bliss.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when it’s a little closer to being perfect.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“May you find strength to survive life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Consequences need not be the obstacles that I dread, but the direction that I need.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The praise and glorification of God doesn't exclusively spring from deep and untroubled understanding; it is in spite of – and even because of – deep and troubled circumstance.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“Work hard and take risks. Try it before you confirm it is difficult!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

“It seems God has been practicing shooting troubles at me.”
― Pawan Mishra, Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy

“Men always laugh whenever a woman says she has political skill. But it's not such a difficult thing to master.”
― Libbie Hawker, Daughter of Sand and Stone

“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study found that it takes much longer for an infant to learn English than, for example, Spanish; the world would indeed have been better off if Spanish had become the universal language.)”
― Minae Mizumura, The Fall of Language in the Age of English

“Sometimes the most difficult relationships to get over are the ones that never were.”
― Brenda Priddy

“Remember, everyone you meet is really trying to do the best they can. No one woke up today and intentionally decided to be mean, difficult, or unreasonable - including you.”
― John Bruna

“We must learn to talk about the most difficult things, easily”
― Srividya Srinivasan

“Every difficulty draws us toward a higher power than ourselves.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“May you find the grace of triumph over any situation.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“May you find the grace of triumph in any situation.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“The strength within you, divine soul, can survive any situation.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Don’t complain about difficult situations. They contain in them the motivation to succeed.”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“«Be’, o Hartley capisce che, per quanto sia bella, è un idiota a stare con lei. Cosa che, tra parentesi, è ciò che spero succeda.»
«Oppure?»
«Oppure, la pianti di smaniare per lui.
Perché, sinceramente, lei lo rende meno interessante. Prima non facevate altro che chiacchierare a cena. Adesso invece niente, perché lei lo frena. Nel frattempo, un altro ragazzo, uno che sa cosa vuole il suo cuore, incrocerà il tuo sguardo.»”
― Sarina Bowen, The Year We Fell Down

“Instead, every precaution was taken not to violate his rights. Remember, many administrators have no difficulty in expelling a student who utters an unwelcome opinion about the immorality of homosexuality.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future