Difficulty Quotes

“With tears of joy, I recalled Fat Mary’s role in my childhood. She had been my consoler and counselor since the day I understood I was alone in the world and had no one who loved me or wanted me. I had decided back then that I would love me, fat me, just as I was. Her role was also to safeguard the meaningful and happy moments of my childhood and bring them to me when I needed to remember life’s goodness.”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

“When my depression turned to anger, I knew I was on the way to recovery.”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

“Her hand touched his hardness "You're a big boy," she said, playfully."Had no complaints," replied Simon.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“I remember the awe and terror I felt as my awareness started to transition from the magical world of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy to one of the Big Bang, supernovas, and the apparent finality of death.
• Why is it that to function in society with strength and efficiency, we need to ignore the incomprehensible miracles that surround us constantly? Why is it that to function in the world, we must take on an oblivious self-confidence by placing ourselves in a tiny world, a small and limited subset of reality? Why is it that we abandon awe and limit ourselves to the prison that is right in front of our noses, guided primarily by our animal instincts while ignoring our full perception of the world? We have the capability to project our conscious thought backward or forward billions of years yet act as if all that matters is the past and/or immediate future. ”
― Ron Garan, Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution

“Torn between fear of retribution and fear of disaster, he stood unmoving, unable to leave...”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“Sorrow is also a terrible weapon of destruction, one that kills from the inside out.”
― Michael Zboray, Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969

“Simon developed a keen interest in Scouts, he loved the ethos, the friendly company of the other boys.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“If you have managed to overcome your difficulties, then make a note of that process because that’s your consciously patented formula for invincibility.”
― Mohith Agadi

“So, writing. What a bitch.”
― Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

“Simon closed his mind to the past because of the pain of losing it and the future for fear of facing it.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

“I find nothing so singular in life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

“The only difference is how they’ve chosen to perceive it; where one woman sees adversity and difficulty , Katrín sees advantage and opportunity.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes

“When your purpose is simply to be the most high-functioning and joyful version of you that you can be, then every moment can be an opportunity to fulfill your purpose, and the journey becomes so much more exciting. You now have your purpose no matter what. Even the difficulties become more manageable when we are committed to expressing the truth of who we are.”
― Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

“A second way we can use a journal is to practice expressing gratitude for the positive things in our life, no matter what the source. This can include writing about things that our family, friends, or colleagues have given us or done for us, or even the difficulties and challenges we’ve come through.”
― Noel Brick, Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything

“Elite athletes know something that most people don’t—adversity is the best thing that can happen to you. The competitors here at the Games know that humans only improve through adversity by embracing short-term pain. Ensuring there is no struggle, no challenge, and staying in your wheelhouse is a recipe for spinning your wheels without improving. It’s the days when you have to do things that scare you, when you have to take risks, when you have to push against challenge and difficulty—those are the days that make you stronger, faster, and better overall.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes

“Every difficulty should lead us to the divine Being.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The impact of art is not in relation with the difficulty of craft but with the clarity and veracity of the underlying thought.”
― Adeel Ahmed Khan

“… you misunderstand ‘ease.’ I think whoever said that means joy, not the quality of being easy. And difficult things can bring joy. And joy can bring ease.”
― Aja Gabel, The Ensemble

“Difficulty is a part to discovery.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“OPPORTUNITY

"opportunity isn't far but it usually

hides in difficult circumstances and

it takes optimism to figure out."
#c9_fm”
― Cloudnine Fairmane

“A man is little more than his problems.”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

“Sometimes the easiest way out, is to accept that you must do what is hard.”
― Tony Cleaver, A Chain of Flames

“Whatever difficulty you may faced, do not get discouraged.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Our life difficulty has a story and a cause. Most of the time we are trapped in the story unable to see the cause”
― Kambiz Shabankare

“Difficulties only add value to a dream.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“The most problematic mistakes are the ones that we refuse to admit.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“She wanted to give up but she knew that is not who she was born as. She was born a phoenix and she will rise again and become what she was supposed to be. Herself.”
― Dania Irshad, Anguished Existence

“Hitters talk constantly about “being uncomfortable .” They should not be seduced by the “feeling” of comfort. Behavior is the key, and it is when faced with adversity — situations or “slumps” — that we are all most in touch with what is the greater value to us: being given what we want or working persistently and effectively to get what we want. Baseball won’t develop character, but adversity in the game will surely reveal it. To develop yourself as a hitter and a person, you must face difficulty with intelligence and courage. Many in the game call it “character,” and I’ve heard managers, coaches, and scouts say “character is destiny.”
― H.A. Dorfman, The Mental Keys to Hitting: A Handbook of Strategies for Performance Enhancement

“One thing that works, and it’s something I can do even while alone in the car: I can pray for my enemies. Jesus told us to do it. Difficulty level: 10.”
― Brant Hansen, Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something

“Do not get discouraged in any difficulty.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita