<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Difficulties - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. -Tennessee Williams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your mind off your goals. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your mind off your goals. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12251]]></link><description><![CDATA[During our lives we're faced with so many elements as well, we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and have a little hope. The Tour isn't just a bike race, it tests you mentally, physically, and even morally. -Lance Armstrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -Chuang Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. -Isak Dinesen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. -Elbert Hubbard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12241]]></link><description><![CDATA[God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. -Elbert Hubbard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12242]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met. . -Dwight Moody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12243]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I've met. . -Dwight Moody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244]]></link><description><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will. -Ingrid Bengis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12235]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress. Plato -Elizabeth Montagu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. -Emmet Fox.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12223]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12227]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12228]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12222</guid></item></channel></rss>