How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
Thomas A KempisRead
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The toughest battles are often the ones we fight within ourselves as we seek personal improvement.
This quote by Thomas A Kempis highlights the internal struggles that individuals face when striving for self-improvement. Overcoming personal limitations, fears, and failures requires significant effort and courage, making it one of the hardest challenges anyone can undertake. It implies that self-mastery is more difficult than external conflicts, emphasizing the importance of inner strength and resilience in the pursuit of personal growth.
Themes
Self-ImprovementStruggleInner StrengthPersonal GrowthOvercoming Challenges
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about personal development.
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Anyone who thinks hard work will never hurt you has never had to pay to have it done. Jesus now has many lovers of his Heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of his cross.
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He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.
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