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“I know that every difficulty we face in life, even those that come from our own negligence or even transgression, can be turned by the Lord into growth experiences, a virtual ladder upward. I certainly do not recommend transgression as a path to growth. It is painful, difficult, and so totally unnecessary. It is far wiser and so much easier to move forward in righteousness. But through proper repentance, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and obedience to His commandments, even the disappointment that comes from transgression can be converted into a return to happiness.”

“You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns.”

Earth Path Flower Difficulty Thorns

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?”

Should Firsts Asks Women Path Overcoming Difficulty

Book:Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

“You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave - now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks - tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.”

Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

“Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and false representation, that it is extremely difficult to know through what channel to seek it. This difficulty to one, who is of no party, and whose sole wish is to pursue with undeviating steps a path which would lead this country to respectability, wealth, and happiness, is exceedingly to be lamented. But such, for wise purposes, it is presumed, is the turbulence of human passions in party disputes, when victory more than truth is the palm contended for.”

Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“The discovery of radioactivity created a momentary chaos in chemistry and physics; but it soon led to a fuller interpretation of the old ideas. It dispersed many difficulties, harmonized many discords, and yea, more! It shewed the substance of Universe as a simplicity of Light and Life, manners to compose atoms, themselves capable of deeper self-realization through fresh complexities and organizations, each with its own peculiar powers and pleasures, each pursuing its path through the world where all things are possible.”

“I consider those persons to be my students who come and meditate with me on a regular basis, who, in spite of the hardships and difficulties on the path of knowledge, still continue to try, and who respect me as I respect them.”

Trying Persons Stills Path Students Buddhism Bases Difficulty Spite Hardship Rama Respect Me

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When we learn to deal directly with our complaints and difficulties, romanticized ideas about the spiritual path are no longer meaningful. We see that what is important is to take responsibility for ourselves, and to always be aware of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.”

Important Ideas Feelings Action Spiritual Deals Responsibility Path Difficulty Meaningful Our Thoughts Complaints Taking Responsibility Spiritual Path

Book:Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing, and Meditation

Source: Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing, and Meditation

“I don't feel myself that I Know it all, but I have enough conceit to be successful. That observation was made by a businessman in his 30s who was making notable headway, although his path bristled with difficulties. Business places no premiums on shrinking violets. Employers prefer men who have self-assurance, forcefulness, go-aheadness, men who know their jobs and know that they know it.”

“A new year is upon us, with new duties, new conflicts, new trials, and new opportunities. Start on the journey with Jesus--to walk with Him, to work for Him, and to win souls to Him. The last year of the century, it may be the last of our lives! A happy year will it be to those who, through every path of trial, or up every hill of difficulty, or over every sunny height,, march on in closest fellowship with Jesus, and who will determine that, come what may, they have Christ every day.”

“It is easier taking the beaten path than making our way over bogs and precipices. The great difficulty in philosophy is to come to every question with a mind fresh and unshackled by former theories, though strengthened by exercise and information.”

Way Mind Philosophy Path Information Theory Easier Exercise Difficulty Former Beaten Precipice Bogs Beaten Path

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“True hope is cleareyed. It sees all the difficulties that exist and all the potential for failure, but through that carves a realistic path to a better future.”

Path Difficulty Realistic Better Future

Author:Jerome Groopman

“Some people hate the very name of statistics, but I find them full of beauty and interest. Whenever they are not brutalized, but delicately handled by the higher methods, and are warily interpreted, their power of dealing with complicated phenomena is extraordinary. They are the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who pursue the Science of Man.”

People Men Hate Names Interest Path Cutting Higher Tools Difficulty Method Extraordinary Complicated Bars Opening Pursue Statistics Formidable Thickets

Author:Francis Galton

“Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path.”

Men Path Men And Women Difficulty Instruments Block Hills Remove Faith In God

Book:The Gospel of Matthew, Volume Two

Source: The Gospel of Matthew, Volume Two

“Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.”

Men Needs Kind Different Problem Spiritual Process Learning Path Experience Difficulty Encouragement Adversity Obstacles Encounters Different Kinds Spiritual Path Cleansing

Author:Sai Baba

“It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.”

Path Difficulty

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.”

Together Nations Black White Path Difficulty South Profit Indian Revolutionary Colour Wealthy Elites South Africa Rainbow Segregation

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”

Problem Light Path Greatness Difficulty Shining Moving On Dawn Resolve Proceeding Famous Inspirational Clearness

Author:Jim Rohn

“Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from the well-known words of Luther, Russia might say: ‘Here I stand on the frontier between the old, capitalist world and the new, socialist world. Here on this frontier I unite the efforts of the proletarians of the West and of the peasantry of the East in order to shatter the old world. May the god of history be my aid!”

World Wells May Might Order Effort Known Path Difficulty West East Aids Russia Frightened Capitalist Socialist Well Known Luther Frontiers Old World Paraphrasing

Author:Joseph Stalin

“In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.”

Men Social Justice Path Difficulty Fellows Social Justice These Days Fellow Man Path Of Love

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will - we all do... If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't win," we moan. "They won't let us win."”

Ifs Thinking Way Trying Mean Use Bigs Winning Path Talent Difficulty Obstacles Barriers Think Big Stop Trying Can't Win

Author:Benjamin Carson

“She wasn't afraid of difficulties, what frightened her was having to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant missing out on others. She had a whole life to live and she was always thinking that, in the future, she might regret the choices she made now.”

Thinking Made Whole Might Choices Path Missing Particular Regret Difficulty Whole Life Frightened Always Thinking Missing Out

Author:Paulo Coelho

“When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that I refrained from seizing the next unfortunate who crossed my path and committing violent acts upon their person.”

People Firsts Persons Next Path Difficulty Tired London Violent Unfortunate Seizing Violent Acts

Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song - but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.”

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”

People Ifs Knows Writing Firsts Persons Important Book Path Like You Reader Praying Please Difficulty Impress

Author:Guy Kawasaki

“To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.”

Heart Art Spiritual Spirituality Mistake Path Difficulty Genuine Making Mistakes Spiritual Path

Author:Jack Kornfield

“The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the less skillful golfers, while at the same time presenting to the scratch players a route calling for the best shots at their command.”

Feels Path Player Duty Calling Shots Difficulty Golf Holes Command Annoying Architect Routes Scratches Golfers Presenting Skillful Best Shot

Author:Robert Hunter

“In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.”

Men Long Wisdom Light Suffering Darkness Path Safe Difficulty Disappointment Wander Islamic Frustration Hardship Desperation Here And There Intricate Muddy Marshes Islamic Wisdom

Author:Al-Ghazali

“The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing.”

Path Ultimate Difficulty Picking And Choosing

Author:Sengcan

“We can only learn to deal with failure by actually experiencing failure, by living through it. The earlier we face difficulties and drawbacks, the better prepared we are to deal with the inevitable obstacles along our path.”

Faces Deals Path Difficulty Prepared Obstacles Inevitable Drawbacks

Book:The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life

Source: The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life

“Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.”

“To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you follow the path steadily. Do not hurry. This is a fundamental rule. If you hurry and collapse or tumble down, nothing is achieved. DO not rest in your efforts; this is another fundamental rule. Without stopping, without haste, carefully taking a step at a time forward will surely get you there.”

Ifs May Effort Steps Path Despair Difficulty Fundamentals Disappointment Resolution Hardship Collapse Stopping Haste

Author:Shinichi Suzuki

“Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.”

Ifs Men Doe Spirit Walks Path Feet Difficulty Saint Smooth Good Will

Author:John of the Cross