“While others are engaged in inferior and menial tasks in which they encounter many difficulties, how can I sit here at peace and do nothing? I must and shall benefit them, but without ever succumbing to the poison of self-importance.” SelfBenefitsTasksImportanceDifficultyBuddhistEngagedPoisonEncountersInferiorsSelf-importanceSuccumbing Author:Shantideva
“It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially to benefit and to improve them is a work fraught with difficulty, and teeming with danger.” EasyDangerPleaseBenefitsTasksDifficultyVulgar Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will disagree, but I know from research and personal experimentation with more than a dozen languages that (1) adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9-5 work is removed and that (2) it is possible to become conversationally fluent in any language in six months or less. At four hours per day, six months can be whittled down to less than three months.” KnowsChildrenThreeLanguageHoursWorkFourMonthsBecomingSixBenefitsResearchAdultsDifficultyConstantTongueFasterDisagreeDozenSix MonthsTheoreticalExperimentationThree MonthsUnderestimatedFluentLinguists Author:Tim Ferriss
“The combination of the Liberal and Labour Parties is much stronger than the Liberal Party would be if there were no third Party in existence. Many men who would in that case have voted for us voted on this occasion as the Labour Party told them i.e. for the Liberals. The Labour Party has "come to stay"...the existence of the third Party deprives us of the full benefits of the 'swing of the pendulum', introduces a new element into politics and confronts us with a new difficulty.” IfsMenWould BePartyExistenceCasesElementsBenefitsThirdsDifficultyStrongerOccasionsCombinationLabourSwingsIntroducingLabour PartyPendulumsThird PartiesLiberal Party Author:Austen Chamberlain
“Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct. Within every setback or obstacle lie seeds of an equal or greater benefit or opportunity.” LyingOpportunityGreaterEqualBenefitsDifficultyObstaclesSeedsSetback Author:Brian Tracy
“I wanted to lose 30 pounds healthfully and still be able to enjoy my college experience. Having succeeded in doing just that, I wanted to share my experiences with others who could benefit from my direct knowledge of the difficulty of trying to balance college life with being healthy. It became a journey about healthy lifestyle choices, including tips and tricks for creating a new relationship with food where I was in control and could learn to love food healthfully again.” TryingStillsAbleWantedChoicesEnjoyLosesJourneyShareCollegeBalanceHealthyBenefitsCreatingDirectDifficultyIncludingLifestyleTricksPoundsHealthy LifestyleFood LoveCollege LifeNew RelationshipLifestyle ChoicesCollege Experience Author:Daphne Oz
“You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where would we be right now as a nation? If we'd stopped before Vimy Ridge, we wouldn't have been a nation at all. Yes, you've got to know when to say "stop" as a leader, you sure do, but you've also got to know when to push for the final thing that's going to give you the full benefit.” IfsKnowsWorldGivingFirstsHas BeensWarNationsLeaderAchieveRight NowBenefitsDifficultyFinalsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IStoppingRidges Author:Rick Hillier
“For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.” GivingFirstsWellsReasonProblemPoorBenefitsDifficultyEducationalDebtIncomeExtrasAddressesPoundsBreakdownPoor Health Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion which polish you for your everylasting benefit.” InspirationalGivingFeelsGodSeemsGrowsUnderstandingGrowthChallengesCompassionLordBenefitsEmpathySelf ImprovementEvidenceConsequenceExperienceDifficultyTransformationAdversityPreparedPersonal GrowthImprovementTrialsHard TimesHardshipSympathyMultiplePreparingTough TimesPolishDisobedienceDoseSelf TransformationGod Is In ControlSimultaneousInstruments Of GodGod Works In Mysterious WaysUnderstanding And Compassion Author:Richard G. Scott