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Difficult Task Quotes

On the hard work that makes the outcome worth it.

These quotes agree on one thing: attitude decides how a difficult task turns out, whether it's reaching for a broader broadcast audience, training under a demanding Qawwali-singer father, or simply starting the job with the right frame of mind.

Getting back into shape is always a difficult task for me.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Quotes by William James

When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with...

Quotes by Warren Littlefield

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Quotes by Theodore Isaac Rubin

Adventure Quotes

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.

Quotes by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.

Quotes by Lawrence Eagleburger

Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules.

Quotes by Jim Ramstad

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that of changing an individual's attitudes and interests.

Quotes by James S. Coleman

It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a reasonable degree of graphic effect, what he has seen, will not fail to carry the...

Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

Always Quotes

I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far,...

Quotes by Elie Ducommun

It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.

Quotes by Eduardo Paes

My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.

Quotes by Buzz Aldrin

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

Quotes by Arne Jacobsen

I was a fan as well, and I knew it would be a difficult task to come into '24.'

Quotes by Annie Wersching

Architecture Quotes

Any show that has a completely gay ensemble has the very difficult task of trying to represent the community.

Quotes by Andrew Keenan-Bolger

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the common thread across these difficult task quotes?
Each one credits attitude, not raw ability, as the real factor in how a difficult task turns out — whether that's reaching a broader audience or training under a demanding parent.
Why search for quotes about a difficult task specifically?
People often want encouragement or perspective before starting something hard, and this page offers both the warning that attitude matters most and the reward that follows real effort.
Does this collection mention a specific difficult task in someone's life?
Yes, one speaker describes studying under their father, a great Qawwali singer, as a genuinely difficult task rather than a simple family lesson.
What does the quote about happiness and difficult tasks argue?
It argues that happiness comes not from easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction after finishing something that demanded your best effort.
What topic connects well with this page?
Adventure quotes share the same spirit of pushing through something hard for a worthwhile outcome.

The real reward, one line insists, isn't the easy win but the afterglow that follows a task that actually demanded your best. Related: Adventure and Art quotes.