Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.
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Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.
The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God, or it may itself have been determined by the laws of science. In either case, it would seem that everything in the universe would then be determined by evolution according to the laws of science, so it is difficult to see how we can be masters of our fate.
It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.
Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we have to face disappointments. These quotes and sayings surely do inspire and help us to look forward and enjoy the new pathways coming our way. These quotes also lend a different perspective to life, which makes moving forward not a very difficult task.I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that what has been, should be again? Is it more difficult to come into being than to return to it.
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
Prediction is difficult- particularly when it involves the future.
It should be borne in mind that there is nothing more difficult to arrange, more doubtful of success, and more dangerous to carry through than initiating changes. The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new. Their support is lukewarm ... partly because men are generally incredulous, never really trusting new things unless they have tested them by experience.
A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.
In the matter of a difficult question it is more likely that the truth should have been discovered by the few than by the many.
I want people to take thought about their condition and to recognize that the maintainence of a free society is a very difficult and complicated thing and it requires a self-denying ordinance of the most extreme kind. It requires a willingness to put up with temporary evils on the basis of the subtle and sophisticated understanding that if you step in to do something about them you not only may make them worse, you will spread your tenticles and get bad results elsewhere.
This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.
Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.
Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.
Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.
People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
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