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Difficulties Quotes

Words on facing hardship and learning from it

These difficulties quotes look at hardship from more than one angle, including financial strain that varies by circumstance and the everyday struggles people learn from. Many suggest that difficulties, once Face directly, become opportunities.

It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way.

Quotes by Adolf Loos

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Winston Churchill

We learn so much from difficulties.

Quotes by Willian

Always Quotes

The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.

Quotes by William J. H. Boetcker

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Quotes by William Ellery Channing

In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government...

Quotes by Wang Shi

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

Quotes by W. Averell Harriman

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.

Quotes by Tony Greig

Face Quotes

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Quotes by Teju Cole

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.

Quotes by T. S. Eliot

We are not facing great economic difficulties. The Indonesian people are faring reasonably well - just compare us to India or some other countries.

Quotes by Sukarno

All that I can say is people who represents Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha should speak our language and represent our interests. How can your neighbour safeguard your interests when he cannot even speak your language or understand your difficulties....

Quotes by Sudha Murty

It's very hard to come up with ideal situations... With different moods and the difficulties of traveling around, I often play my best under the worst conditions.

Quotes by Stephen Hough

Great Quotes

One of the changes I'm driving within Nokia is to adopt what we call 'the challenger mindset.' Let's understand that we have to fight, we have to fight our way through the difficulties, we have to listen to consumers, we...

Quotes by Stephen Elop

Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.

Quotes by Stafford Cripps

My husband himself is a producer, so we know the practical difficulties of producers.

Quotes by Sridevi

Whenever there is something revolutionary and new, there is opposition. There are difficulties in all parties, perhaps in my party, too.

Quotes by Sonia Gandhi

It cannot be Pakistan of Quaid and Iqbal where children of the elite study in prestigious educational institutions while those of resourceless segments deprived of education due to difficulties.

Quotes by Shehbaz Sharif

Know Quotes

If I have to tell you what was and is my mission, I think UBS can be the Apple or IBM of the banking industry: companies that went from being admired to severe difficulties and to being back stronger than...

Quotes by Sergio Ermotti

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the focus of this Difficulties quotes collection?
This page gathers quotes about hardship and how people frame it — from national economic policy to Cold War-era attitudes to more personal reflections on growth. It leans toward quotes that treat difficulty as something to learn from rather than simply endure. For a similarly resilient tone, see Face.
Why do people search for quotes about difficulties?
People often want difficulty quotes when they're going through something hard and want a perspective shift, or when they're looking for language to describe a challenge they're facing head-on. Others are drawn to quotes that reframe difficulty as opportunity. It's a topic closely tied to Great for readers who want an uplifting angle.
What's the context of the quote about Americans and Russia?
That quote reflects a Cold War-era observation about American attitudes toward resolving tensions with Russia, offered here as a historical snapshot rather than a current political statement. It's included for its wry, factual tone about a specific era. Readers can take it as a period piece rather than commentary on today.
Is there a short, motivational quote in this collection?
Yes — the line that difficulties mastered become opportunities won is a compact, quotable idea that reframes struggle in a positive light. It's the kind of quote that works well as a caption or a note to self during a tough stretch. Its brevity is part of what makes it easy to remember and share.
What's the benefit of browsing a whole page of difficulty quotes?
Seeing multiple quotes together shows how difficulty gets discussed at every scale, from national economics to a single sentence of encouragement, which helps you find the tone that matches your own situation. It also reinforces a consistent theme: that difficulty, however described, tends to teach something. For more on resilience, Know and Always offer related reading.

Others simply acknowledge how much can be learned through hard times. See our Great quotes for related themes of overcoming adversity.