(verb) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
"Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish."
"Relationships are like Rome - difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall."
"It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death."
"Never stop growing, even when it’s difficult."
"When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace."
"Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties."
"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others."