Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

DIFFICULTY

All Difficult things have their origin in that which is easy. …..Lao Tzu

It is not because things are Difficult that we do not dare,
It is because we do not dare, that things are Difficult. …..Seneca

The distance is nothing,
it is only the first step is Difficult. …..Madame Marie du Deffand

To find a fault is easy, to do better may be Difficult. …..Louis Nizer

A fool always fails because he thinks what is Difficult, is easy. John Collins

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly,
Ever acquire the skill to do Difficult things, easily. …..James J. Corbett.

Difficulty strengthens the mind, as labor does the body. ….Seneca

The greater the Difficulty, the greater the glory. ……Marcus Tullius Cicero

Never trust the advice of a man in Difficulties. ….Aesop

All things are Difficult, before they are easy. …….Thomas Fuller

There are two ways of dealing with Difficulties;
Either you alter the difficulties or
Alter yourself to meet them. …..Phyllis Bottoms

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ……Edward R. Murrows

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them,
is the highest human felicity. ……Samuel Johnson

Divide each Difficulty into as many parts
as is feasible and necessary to resolve it ……Rene Descartes

The pessimist sees Difficulty in every opportunity.
The optimist sees the opportunity in every Difficulty. …….Sir Winston S. Churchill

Do not pray for an easy life;
Pray for the strength to endure a Difficult one. …….Bruce Lee

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