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

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Positive

  Interview with Edward W. Desmond, Time magazine, December 04, 1989.

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• All things are difficult before they are easy.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 560, 1732.

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• It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

  Honore de Balzac

  Inspirational, Motivational, Helping Others

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• It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

  Walter Anderson

  Change, Happiness, Success

  Walter Anderson (1988). “The Greatest Risk of All”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Deep Life, Firsts, Take A Deep Breath

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2010). “Live with Intention: Rediscovering What We Deeply Know”, p.19, Conari Press

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  It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Freedom, Fool

  "Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers: Troisième Entretien". Book by Voltaire, 1767.

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• Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

  Isak Dinesen

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

  John Steinbeck

  Life, Good Morning, Adversity

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.180, Penguin

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  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.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Relationship, Uplifting

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living”, p.1, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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

  Epicurus

  Boyfriend, Being Happy, Courage

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• The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1972). “Love”, Fawcett

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• The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

  Fridtjof Nansen

  Possible And Impossible, Littles, Achieving The Impossible

  Quoted in Listener, 14 Dec. 1939 See Calonne 1; Santayana 14; Trollope 3

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• It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

  Honore de Balzac

  Love, Life, Marriage

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• Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

  Niels Bohr

  Inspirational, Funny, Time

  "NIELS BOHR DOODLE GOOGLE: Great quotes from a man at the nucleus of atomic understanding" by Michael Cavna, www.washingtonpost.com. October 7, 2012.

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• As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Strength, Meaningful, Heart

  Letter to Theo, from Amsterdam, on May 30, 1877. "Dear Theo: the Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" by Irving Stone and Jean Stone, p. 26, 1995.

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• 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.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.21, FastPencil Inc

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• In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Running, Believe

  Henry Miller (1969). “Mémoires, Plaidoiries Et Documents”, p.12, New Directions Publishing

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• Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Change, Perfect, Worry

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• A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

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• Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions.
  We invested in uncompromising integrity that helped us take difficult stands in some of the most difficult business situations.

  Azim Premji

  Inspirational, Integrity, Character

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• Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that

  Michael Leunig

  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

  Michael Leunig (2006). “When I Talk to You: A Cartoonist Talks to God”, p.131, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is, and the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

  Julia Cameron

  Dream, Courage, Admitting

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.239, Penguin

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• Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Difficulty

  Thomas Aquinas (2016). “Questions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46”, p.128, Yale University Press

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