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“Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are not a burden to anyone, and indeed can give to others, as St. Paul the Apostle advises (cf. I Thess. 2:9; Eph. 4:28). In this manner you will overcome the demon of listlessness and drive away all the desires suggested by the enemy; for the demon of listlessness takes advantage of idleness. 'Every idle man is full of desires' (Prov. 13:4 LXX).”

Ifs Men Giving Done Hands Christian Desire Night Enemy Advantage Overcoming Burden Demon Orthodox Idle Idleness Advise Apostles Orthodox Christian Cfs Apostle Paul

Author:Evagrius Ponticus

“Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for the community. It is wise in declining new enterprises, for it has not the power nor the time to execute them; wise in shrinking from difficulty, for it has not the strength to overcome it; wise in avoiding danger, for it lacks the faculty of ready and swift action, by which dangers are parried and converted into advantages. But this is not wisdom for mankind at large, by whom new enterprises must be undertaken, dangers met, and difficulties surmounted.”

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Author:William C. Bryant

“It is not so much the being exempt from faults as the having overcome them that is an advantage to us; it being with the follies of the mind as with weeds of a field, which if destroyed and consumed upon the place where they grow, enrich and improve it more than if none had ever sprung there.”

Ifs Mind Grows Fields Advantage Overcoming Faults Destroyed Folly Weed Consumed Sprung

Book:Works: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers Not Hitherto Published

Source: Works: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers Not Hitherto Published

“If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.”

Ifs Death Enemy Advantage Overcoming Stranger

Book:Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

“Definite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine value than external advantages in some other career where the impulse to make use of them remains weak or non-existent. The work that one enjoys is the greatest source of happiness and vitality in life.”

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Book:On becoming a writer

Source: On becoming a writer

“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is action in spite of fear. Courageous people never really overcome their fears. They just become determined to push through them and to use that adrenaline to their advantage.”

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Author:Jeff Myers

“Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience and persistence. Passion will get it done.”

Done Passion Energy Creativity Impossible Advantage Overcoming Passionate Resilience Persistence Get It Done

Author:Ralph Marston

“The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.”

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Author:Ben Bernanke

“The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.”

“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.”

Knows World Action Acting Advantage Overcoming Hardest Hardest Thing

Author:Laozi

“Diversity" is a difficulty to be overcome, not an advantage to be sought. True, America does a better job than most at accommodating a diverse population. We also do a better job at curing cancer and containing pollution. But no one goes around mindlessly exclaiming: "Cancer is a strength!" "Pollution is our greatest asset!”

Doe Jobs America Political Diversity Advantage Overcoming Difficulty Population Cancer Assets Pollution Diverse Containing Better Jobs

Author:Ann Coulter

“It is not so much the being exempt from faults, as having overcome them, that is an advantage to us.”

Advantage Overcoming Faults

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq