“Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.” PeopleWorldYearsLittlesKidsBitsDifficultTermStageSucceedLittle BitLowsRateStartingLike Me Author:Daley Thompson
“Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.” PeopleGivingRealSelfDifficultSucceedIllusionImportanceHumbleBeing FamousReal YouSelf-importanceStay Humble Author:Lili Taylor
“When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it's very difficult to succeed.” PeopleAgeJobsDifficultLosesIndustrySucceedEntrepreneurStartingLabelsLatterDigitalMusic IndustryDownloads Author:Judd Apatow
“Almost nothing worthwhile is easy, and it's hard to just jump in and be good at something difficult right off the bat... The only reliable way to succeed at anything is to actually do it, repeatedly, with concentrated effort. True for individuals, and true for organizations. Athletes, artists, businesses.” WayHardArtistIndividualEasyDifficultEffortSucceedOrganizationAthleteBe GoodWorthwhileBats Author:John Gruber
“Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a little bit envious, but as I have got older, I love to see actors cracking on and succeeding. The same goes for writers.” IfsLittlesMightActorsBitsDifficultActingSucceedLittle BitMatesEnvious Author:Max Beesley
“it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks.” PeopleIfsMayEnoughBigsFightingDifficultAcceptingSucceedSticksPowerlessImmoralPowerlessness Author:Jane Jacobs
“Error is multiform (for evil is a form of the unlimited, as in the old Pythagorean imagery, and good of the limited), whereas success is possible in one way only (which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed - easy to miss the target and difficult to hit it); so this is another reason why excess and deficiency are a mark of vice, and observance of the mean a mark of virtue: Goodness is simple, badness is manifold.” WayMeanReasonFormEvilEasyDifficultSimpleVirtueFailingMissingSucceedGoodnessMarkErrorsVicesOne WayReason WhyTargetExcessUnlimitedImageryDeficiencyBadnessObservanceManifold Book:The Nicomachean ethics Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.” DifficultSidesViolenceJudgingSucceedWeaponsDeserveBoth SidesEmploying Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“[On Archimedes mathematical results:] It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions, or more simple and lucid explanation... No investigation of yours would succeed in attaining the proof, and yet, once seen you immediately believe you would have discovered it.” BelieveDifficultSimpleResultsSucceedDiscoveryProofMathematicalExplanationInvestigationGeometryEpiphanyIntricate Author:Proclus
“It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the more rewarding if one succeeds. Rewarding not only to the work but to one's peace of mind.” IfsWritingMindFeelingsDifficultFictionSucceedHonestlyPeace Of MindVeilsProtectiveDeepest Feelings Author:Alix Kates Shulman