“Positive change always encounters resistance, conflict, and obstacles. We must embrace difficult and heated situations in life, for that is the method of igniting our reactions in order to transform them.” OrderDifficultChangeSituationConflictMethodEmbraceObstaclesReactionsResistanceEncountersPositive ChangeSituations In Life Author:Yehuda Berg
“The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'” ShouldProblemNextGrowsDifficultChanceObstaclesEncountersNext Time Author:Zig Ziglar
“We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. We're difficult to ourselves, we're difficult to each other. And we are mysteries to ourselves, we are mysteries to each other. One encounters in any ordinary day far more real difficulty than one confronts in the most “intellectual” piece of work. Why is it believed that poetry, prose, painting, music should be less than we are? Why does music, why does poetry have to address us in simplified terms, when if such simplification were applied to a description of our own inner selves we would find it demeaning?” IfsShouldHumansDoeRealSelfDifficultTermHuman BeingsPiecesMysteryPaintingIntellectualOrdinaryDifficultyEncountersProseAddressesDescriptionInner SelfSimplificationDemeaningOrdinary Days Author:Geoffrey Hill
“The 'Cercle et Carré' group owes its existence to my encounter with the Uruguayan painter Torrès-Gracia in 1929... However difficult our relationship, his obstinacy matching my patience, this unholy team of fire and water was bound to produce something. Towards the end of the year, after consulting sundry artists, including Arp, Mondrian, and Van Doesburg, we drew up the program for a new group and launched a magazine which was be called 'Cercle et Carré'.” YearsEndsArtistDifficultWaterExistenceFireGroupsTeamProduceProgramBoundsIncludingPainterMagazinesEncountersOur RelationshipVansConsultingMatchingObstinacy Author:Michel Seuphor
“When I'm happy, when I'm enjoying life, I'm home, I'm surfing, I'm spending time with my wife, my friends and I'm not thinking about the pain. And then the moment I encounter something that feels difficult, I feel like that's when, for me, I turn to writing and thinking and maybe a song comes from that.” ThinkingFeelsWritingMomentsHomePainSongTurnsEnjoyDifficultWifeMy FriendsMy WifeSpendingEncountersEnjoy LifeSurfingSpending TimeWriting And Thinking Author:Jon Foreman