1 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 

2 All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller 

3 Nothing is difficult to a man who wills. 

4 The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. 

5 Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. 

6 Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; easy to govern but imposible to slave. 

7 The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 

8 To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 

9 He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.

10 These jokes would be far too difficult to translate.

11 She's being downright difficult and obstructive.

12 It is difficult to verbalize his lifetime of frustrations.

13 He is difficult to deal with.

14 This meat is difficult to chew.

15 You have clarified this difficult sentence.

16 The surrounding mountains make the city difficult to evacuate.

17 He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.

18 The government is wrestling with difficult economic problems.

19 He simply sailed through the difficult exam.

20 It would be difficult for us to accept .

21 Difficult the first time, easy the second.

22 He is a very difficult character. He manipulates people.

23 Birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict.

24 That puts me in a difficult position.

25 Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it home. 

26 Poverty is an abnormality to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. 

27 It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. 

28 If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth, but, if poor, it is not so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat. 

29 Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. 

30 The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. 

1 It was difficult to tell his exact age.

2 He is difficult to deal with.

3 You have clarified this difficult sentence.

4 It would be difficult for us to accept .

5 That puts me in a difficult position.

6 He's a difficult man to deal with.

7 It will be difficult to live down this humiliation.

8 She found it difficult to sustain the children's interest.

9 That steak is bony and difficult to eat.

10 This machine is too difficult to operate.

11 You will find it a difficult book.

12 The market situation is difficult to evaluate.

13 This last task is possibly the most difficult.

14 These insects are very difficult to eradicate.

15 It was difficult to get precise information.

16 I find it difficult to learn a foreign language.

17 Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult.

18 The legislation will be difficult to enforce.

19 This was the most difficult period of his life.

20 Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace.

21 Tomato sauce stains terribly - it's really difficult to get it out of clothes.

22 It's difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained.

23 It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.

24 It's difficult to look at the cars without getting the sales patter .

25 Their resolute opposition to new working methods was difficult to overcome.

26 The success of her business made it difficult for her to fulfil her role as wife and mother.

27 It is difficult for the old man to adjust to city life.

28 It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave.

29 It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.

30 After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.

31 It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.

32 I must think out this difficult question.

33 Some children find it difficult to talk to adults.

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34 She's going through a difficult phase.

35 Respiration becomes difficult at great heights.

36 The duties of the post are difficult to define.

37 The last couple of years have been difficult.

38 It is difficult to fully assess the damage.

39 The code was difficult to crack.

40 That steak is bony and difficult to eat.

41 He seems to find it difficult to integrate socially.

42 This machine is too difficult to operate.

43 The measurement of individual intelligence is very difficult.

44 You will find it a difficult book.

45 He interpreted a difficult passage in a book.

46 It is difficult to cajole him into consent.

47 She finds it difficult to stop smoking.

48 It's difficult to contradict someone politely.

49 It was a rather difficult question.

50 It is difficult to discern the truth.

51 It is difficult to get rid of insects.

52 The market situation is difficult to evaluate.

53 It's difficult to pinpoint the cause of the accident.

54 Its inaccessibility makes food distribution difficult.

55 This last task is possibly the most difficult.

56 Try your best, even if the task seems difficult.

57 She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child.

58 It's really difficult to read your writing.

59 We are faced with a difficult choice.

60 It was difficult to get precise information.

31 The high altitudes of Tibet make it difficult for us to breathe.

32 It's very difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in what she's saying.

33 Due to the lack of witnesses, it is difficult to apportion the blame for the accident right now.

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34 No task is so difficult but we can accomplish it.

35 Some people find it difficult to discern blue from green.

36 He's in a difficult situation and doesn't know what to do.

37 She found it difficult to get on with her, possibly because of the difference in their ages.

38 It's difficult to gauge one's character.

39 It was difficult to make out the manager's handwriting.

40 It's difficult to work because of the humidity.

41 The elements of physics are difficult to grasp.

42 His encouragement buoyed her up during that difficult period.

43 The boy's handwriting is difficult to read.

44 It is often difficult to discern the truth of an event from a newspaper report.

45 The two brothers are so much alike ; it is difficult to discriminate one from the other.

46 It can be extremely difficult to wean children off junk food.

47 Let's try to clear up our difficult and doubtful points.

48 In this dictionary we often gloss difficult expressions with an explanation in brackets.

49 It is difficult to shine a light through its this thick mist.

50 Once you're stuck in deep snow, it's difficult to lever yourself out.

51 It was difficult to see what the thinking was behind their eventual decision.

52 He is absorbed in the calculation of that difficult maths problem.

53 It's a difficult place to live because of its climatic extremes.

54 Without corroboration from forensic tests, it will be difficult to prove that the suspect is guilty.

61 It's difficult for her to live off her home.

62 It was difficult to explain the problem to beginners.

63 Accurate identification of these birds is difficult.

64 I find it difficult to learn a foreign language.

65 The stigma of alcoholism makes it difficult to treat.

66 It's difficult for me to be casual about anything.

67 Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult.

68 A stupid fellow is difficult to teach.

69 It's becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure .

70 The legislation will be difficult to enforce.

71 Her problems stem from her difficult childhood.

72 all things are difficult before they are easy.

73 Her respiration was slow and difficult.

74 It is difficult to persuade the superpowers to disarm.

75 This was the most difficult period of his life.

76 Being deaf and dumb makes communication very difficult.

77 Why are these milk cartons so difficult to open?

78 It's a difficult piece,() with numerous changes of tempo.

79 I find that conversing with her is quite difficult.

80 Earthquakes are extremely difficult to predict.

81 The cave is difficult of access.

82 It was rather a difficult question.

83 It's a difficult decision for any doctor.

84 Small children find it difficult to say long words.

85 It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.

86 We took the difficult decision to leave.

87 Footnotes illuminated the difficult passages of the text.

88 Scuff marks from shoes are difficult to remove.

89 Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace.

90 Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.

91 Tomato sauce stains terribly - it's really difficult to get it out of clothes.

92 Lack of discipline at home meant that many pupils found it difficult to settle in to the ordered environment of the school.

93 It's difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained.

94 At high altitudes of Tibet it is difficult to breathe.

95 "It's very difficult, " I said. "Impossible(Sentence dictionary), " she chimed in.

96 What makes it difficult for the communities to coexist peacefully?

97 It's difficult to quantify how many people will be affected by the change in the law.

98 It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.

99 He leaves all the difficult stuff for me to do and it really hacks me off.

100 The UN must perform a difficult balancing act between the two sides in the conflict.

101 It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job.

102 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind into it.

103 It is difficult to infer anything from such scanty evidence.

104 The government is having to introduce some difficult changes, particularly in moving over to a market economy.

105 The clayey soils of the region are difficult to work.

106 It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.

107 People earning low wages will find it difficult to pay for childcare.

108 Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficult than their tongues.

109 The lack of a common language made it very difficult to intercommunicate.

110 It would be difficult to find a man to take the place of the secretary.

111 It's difficult to disentangle hard fact from myth, or truth from lies.

112 It's difficult to wean an addict off cocaine once they're hooked.

113 It's difficult to assess the impact of the President's speech.

114 The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult ethical questions.

115 In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.

116 It's difficult to lift off the cover of the box.

117 I agree things look difficult, but the situation is far from irretrievable.

118 To "have bitten off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you.

119 It is difficult to choose between two such nice houses.

120 Communication with other countries was difficult during the telephone and postal strike.

121 It is difficult to assess the building's value properly without seeing it.

122 It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday, today is the hope, but also can become tomorrow's reality.

123 The markings are so blurred that it is difficult to identify.

124 It's difficult to make a direct comparison?the two things are so different.

125 The room filled with smoke, and it was becoming difficult to breathe.

126 Tom likes to have some difficult matter to chew on.

127 Salvage of the wreck was made difficult by bad weather.

128 He found it a lot more difficult to get a job than he supposed it would be.

129 It's difficult to get a mortgage on an old house.

130 Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time.

131 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it.

132 I find it really difficult to strike the right note when I'm writing job applications.

133 But these were difficult times and a lesser man would have buckled under the strain.

134 The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs.

135 He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when she didn't arrive.

136 He has no conception of how difficult life is if you're unemployed.

137 Statistical anomalies can make it difficult to compare economic data from one year to the next.

138 It is very difficult to describe our joy in word.

139 Because her job had been the pivot of her life(), retirement was very difficult.

140 Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolise.

141 Never give up on something you really want. It's difficult to wait, but worse to regret.

142 Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed.

143 The acrobat deliberately faulted the performance once to make it look difficult.

144 It is difficult to reach a consensus about electoral reform.

145 I find it so difficult to stay awake during history lessons.

146 Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.

147 Finding a doctor can be difficult in a foreign country .

148 It is difficult to convey the gist of Reich's ideas simply.

149 The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair.

150 It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave.

151 An appreciation of their own people, it is difficult to be happy.

152 It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.

153 After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.

154 The high altitudes of Tibet make it difficult for us to breathe.

155 I find it increasingly difficult to live within my income.

156 If we give love, we get love. And even in the most difficult times,(http:///difficult.html) we find there is always a way to get through.

157 I do the school run for all the children and it will be very difficult if I have to take the girls to different schools.

158 Once cockroaches get into a building, it's very difficult to exterminate them.

159 The general manager directed the company through a difficult time.

160 The prevailing view is that he has done a good job in difficult circumstances.

161 An operation of this magnitude is going to be difficult.

162 The damage caused to the tourist industry is difficult to quantify.

163 If the snow isn't cleared from the roads quickly, it packs down hard and makes driving difficult.

164 I was worried that it might be too difficult for me but I found the contrary.

165 It's difficult for a small supermarket to compete against/with the big supermarkets.

166 It's very difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in what she's saying.

167 Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole life, if you survive them.

168 It's difficult for them to get here much before seven.

169 The government doesn't have the answers to these difficult questions.

170 It's easy to take a watch apart but difficult to put it together again.

171 No task is so difficult but we can accomplish it.

172 They began the difficult descent of the mountain's south west face.

173 He embarrasses discussion of the simplest subject by use of the difficult technical terms.

174 It is difficult to make long-term forecasts for a fast-growing industry.

175 The book is out of print and difficult to procure.

176 It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.

177 She was my anchor when things were difficult for me.

178 She speaks/talks in riddles it's very difficult to know what she means.

179 Take a step, the longest road also be nothing difficult; remain stagnant, then a short way are hard to reach.

180 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

181 It is getting more and more difficult to find a job.

182 It is often difficult to forbear from expressing one's opinion.

183 These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.

184 She found it difficult to get on with her, possibly because of the difference in their ages.

185 I have been wrestling with the difficult examination paper the whole night.

186 Don't lend books to your friends; it's difficult to recover the books from them when you want them.

187 After living abroad for so long, he found it difficult to readjust to life at home.

188 It is windy today,so it would be difficult to put the ferry boat across.

189 It's difficult to believe it's an honest confession after all her lies.

190 Some people find it difficult to distinguish right from wrong.

191 There was so much hype beforehand that it would have been difficult for the film to match up to/with our expectations of it.

192 It is difficult to define the border between love and friendship.

193 I couldn't admit to my parents that I was finding the course difficult.

194 It will be a difficult operation, whichever method you choose.

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195 It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say.

196 Negotiations between unions and management are made more difficult by mutual distrust.

197 Work is common but great, trivial and difficult, difficult and difficult.

198 It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.

199 Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.