I Quotes
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“It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass.”
“It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.”
“It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest.”
Source: Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)
“It is easier to reap from a little wisdom than from a lot of knowledge.”
“It is easier to reap from a little wisdom than to reap from a lot of knowledge.”
“It is easier to reason with love than to conquer it”
Source: The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale
“It is easier to recognize the quality of leadership in the behavior of their followers than it is in the behavior of the leader.”
“It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart.”
“It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them”
“It is easier to rise from failure than to ascend from ignorance.”
“It is easier to rise when you have friends than to fall when you have enemies.”
“It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.”
“It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.”
“It is easier to run a revolution than a government.”
“It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.”
“It is easier to say, "I'm a nonspeller (or a non- singer)" than to face the risks and possible disappointments of learning to sing or spell.”
Source: Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story
“It is easier to say new things than to reconcile those which have already been said.”
Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims
“It is easier to say that AS best describes my differences. It makes people more comfortable to have a scientific-sounding term. But actually, I feel dishonest when I say I have AS because the negative effects of my differences on my life are so slight compared to other kids who have AS or other forms of autism and truly suffer. I always feel like I'm doing the people who have these conditions a disservice when I use the medical term, because then people say, "Oh, that doesn't seem so bad. What's all the fuss about?”
Source: Marcelo in the Real World
“It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized privilege, so long will the squabble for that privilege go on.”
“It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God.”
“It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.”
“It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits of their arguments. That should tell you something about the global warming debate...there is none right now....it's either you believe, or you are to be discredited.”
“It is easier to simplify life by removing conditions in the process of making choices than struggling with an illogical decision paradox.”
Source: Quantraz
“It is easier to speak about revival than to set about it.”
“It is easier to stand in front of a bullet than it is to stand up to the world.”
“It is easier to start a war than to end it.”
“It is easier to start taxes than to stop them. A tax an inch long can easily become a yard long. That has been the history of the income tax. Would not the sales tax be likely to have a similar history [in the U.S.]? ... Canadian newspapers report that an increase in the sales tax threatens to drive the Mackenzie King administration out of office. Canada began with a sales tax of 2%.... Starting this month the tax is 6%. The burden, in other words, has already been increased 200% ... What the U.S. needs is not new taxes, is not more taxes, but fewer and lower taxes.”
“It is easier to stay out than get out.”
“It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats”
Source: The decline and fall of science
“It is easier to take a country into war than to bring it to live at peace, and a country at war is a bitter place to live, a risky place to have daughters, and a dangerous place to hope for a son.”
Source: The White Queen
“It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.”
“It is easier to talk about doing things than doing them. Many of us want to exercise more, eat more healthy, be kinder to our loved ones, etc., but unless we have specific milestones about how to do this, our intentions do not match our actions. The HR milestones we lay out offer specific steps along the longer journey to HR transformation.”
“It is easier to talk about issues; it is easier to say you're a feminist because it's actually awesome to be one. The panopoly of people identifying as feminists is really excellent now that we've come to a point where all these really interesting voices are rising up and saying they're feminists - women of color, trans people, gay folks, everybody. It's an exciting time to actually define as that because it means that people are really feeling like their voice is what's the most important thing in the movement, and I love that.”
“It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power. People who have it deny it; people who want it do not want to appear to hunger for it; and people who engage in its machinations do so secretly.”
“It is easier to talk than to listen. Pay attention to your clients, your users, your readers, and your friends. Your design will get better as you listen to other people.”
“It is easier to teach saints than to learn from sinners.
It is easier to teach young students than to guide old fools.
It is easier to chastise saints than to caution sinners.
It is easier to shine in the dark than to glow in the light.
It is easier to multiply enemies than to accumulate friends.
It is easier to embrace your angel than to face your demons.
It is easier to fight an army of opinions than a single truth.
It is easier to rise with enemies than to fall with friends.
It is easier to fall into sin than to rise into virtue.
It is easier to rise from defeat than to rise from ignorance.
It is easier to survive a blow from a friend than a kiss from an enemy.
It is easier to conquer a thousand devils than a single angel.
It is easier to rise from love than to soar from hate.
It is easier to move mountains by faith than hills by your hands.
It is easier for stars to shine than for truth to glow.
It is easier to resist pain than to defy pleasure.
It is easier to appease the strong than to wrestle the mighty.
It is easier to tame the mind than to bridle the soul.
It is easier to fight an army than to grapple with your conscience.
It is easier to embrace the future than to understand the past.
It is easier for the sun to shine than for the moon to glow.
It is easier for small seeds to rise than for big trees to grow.
It is easier to heal a wounded heart than a broken soul.
It is easier to rule the mind than to conquer the soul.
It is easier to conquer your enemies than to master your fears.”
“It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.”
Source: Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s
“It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.”
“It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together.”
Source: Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
“It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances.”
Source: Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
“It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one.”
“It is easier to train a young child than a grown fool.”
“It is easier to train stubborn children than obstinate adults.”
“It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.”
“It is easier to walk on water than to swim with sharks.”
“It is easier to wiggle the toes than reset the biological clock, but that is just a belief that is rooted in superstition. If we could understand that the human body is a network of information and energy, then we would see that the same principles apply everywhere in the body.”
“It is easier to win a thousand battles with God than to win a single one alone.”
“It is easier to win love than to keep it.”
“It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.”
Source: You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success
“it is easier to work on your integrity when no one knows you, than to start working on it when you are at the top”