“The difficulty of carrying on a leisure-oriented tradition of culture in a work-oriented society is enough in itself to keep the present crisis in our culture unresolved.” EnoughCultureTraditionDifficultyCrisisLeisureCarrying On Book:Art and Culture: Critical Essays Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“Once efficiency is universally accepted as a rule, it becomes an inner compulsion and weighs like a sense of sin, simply because no one can ever be efficient enough, just as no one can ever be virtuous enough. And this new sense of sin only contributes further to the enervation of leisure, for the rich as well as the poor. The difficulty of carrying on a leisure-oriented tradition of culture in a work-oriented society is enough in itself to keep the present crisis in our culture unresolved.” WellsEnoughCultureSinPoorRichTraditionDifficultyCrisisAcceptedEfficientLeisureVirtuousEfficiencyCompulsionCarrying On Author:Clement Greenberg
“What we look upon as our greatest unhappiness in a difficulty we are involved in, may possibly be the evil hastening to its crisis, and happy days may ensue.” LooksMayEvilInvolvedDifficultyCrisisLook UpUnhappinessHappy Day Author:Samuel Richardson
“The world is not looking for more doctrinal proof of the reality of God! It is not looking for greater proof of the resurrection or better arguments about creation. The world is looking for Christians who can stand up to every crisis, fear, trouble and difficulty and remain calm and at rest in the midst of it all. The world needs to see God's children trusting wholly in their Lord.” WorldNeedsChildrenRealityChristianLordGreaterTroubleCreationArgumentDifficultyCrisisCalmProofMidstResurrection Author:David Wilkerson
“This is the crisis! Difficulty getting credit, slow growth, high unemployment, low consumer confidence-these are challenges entrepreneurs can overcome with hard work, smart risk and tenacious teamwork. This is precisely what entrepreneurs do!” HardGrowthChallengesRiskHard WorkSmartLowsOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEntrepreneurCreditConsumersTeamworkUnemploymentTenaciousSlow GrowthWork SmartConsumer Confidence Author:Oliver DeMille
“I ran for president because I wanted to help Lithuania and its people during a difficult time. My country was on the very edge of an economic crisis, and people were disappointed by the economic situation and the political elite. We all needed change and motivation to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome the difficulties.” PeopleCountryHelpingWantedPoliticalMotivationOrderDifficultPresidentEffortSituationEconomicNeededOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEdgesRanDisappointedElitesDifficult TimesEconomic CrisisLithuaniaNeeded Change Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“I'm also a big Bob Dylan fan. The songs on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - which is one of his best early albums - they grow out of some of his difficulties with Suze Rotolo, and "Hard Rain," people say it had to do with the Cuban missile crisis - probably not. He denied it. I believe him, but it certainly had to do with the time.” PeopleBelieveHardBigsSongI BelieveGrowsFansRainDifficultyCrisisAlbumsDeniedBobDylanMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Cass Sunstein
“Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point” MenLyingSituationDifficultyCrisisCriticalConvincingAmelia Peabody Author:Barbara Mertz
“The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.” MayArtTogetherCultureForceEconomyEconomicPeriodsDespairHighestStandardsDifficultyTheaterIndependentCrisisTheatreArtisticLiftsLeagueOur TimeTrendsMaintainingProsperousTheatricalVigorComing TogetherEconomic Crisis Author:Judith Malina
“The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and calm trust, which is essential to the exercise of wise influence upon others, in times of crisis and difficulty.” MenDoeChristianPurposeWaitingLordWiseInfluenceAdviceTrustHe ManExerciseEssentialsDifficultyCrisisCalmHard TimesSteadyTrust In GodTough TimesConfidence In GodIntimacy With GodGod Within UsGod Is In ControlTimes Of Crisis Author:Dixon Edward Hoste
“What we do in the crisis always depends on whether we see the difficulties in the light of God, or God in the shadow of the difficulties.” LightDependsShadowDifficultyCrisis Book:Concise Survey of the Bible Source: Concise Survey of the Bible