Difficult

Famous quotes containing the word difficult:

    “Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-ideaed individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.”
    —Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861–1933)

    “Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes it difficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.”
    —Amos Elon (b. 1926)

    “It is difficult to separate the tapestry
    From the room or loom which takes precedence over it.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)