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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Difficulties'

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Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Epictetus, Greek Philosopher
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
B. C. Forbes, Scottish Journalist (1880-1954)
There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence.
Guy Forget, French Athlete (1965-  )
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
Benjamin Franklin, American Politician (1706-1790)
When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.
Jerome Isaac Friedman, American Physicist (1930-  )
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
J. William Fulbright, American Politician (1905-1995)
The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.
J. William Fulbright, American Politician (1905-1995)
The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.
James W. Fulbright, American Politician (1905-1995)
The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.
Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher (1883-1955)
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, Dutch Artist (1853-1890)
Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist (1853-1890)
I know some people who never have any difficulties to speak of. The moment I understood your premisses, I felt sure you had a real foundation to hold on.
Asa Gray, American Scientist (1810-1888)
The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.
Asa Gray, American Scientist (1810-1888)
Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.
Asa Gray, American Scientist (1810-1888)
One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this.
Tony Greig, South African Athlete (1946-  )
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
W. Averell Harriman, American Politician (1891-1986)
I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
Alfred Hitchcock, English Director (1899-1980)
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Edward W. Howe, -
I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.
John Hume, Irish Politician (1937-  )
You can put in all the difficulties, jumps, runs, and any other devilish complexities you like, except octave spans and similar features which do not suit the formation of hands.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian Composer (1778-1837)
 
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