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“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“... money trials are not the hardest, and somehow or other, they are always overcome.”

Money Overcoming Trials Hardest Hardship

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

“One of the hardest obstacles I've had to overcome in my life was not understanding how to draw healthy boundaries. I finally learned it's perfectly OK to say no.”

Understanding Healthy Draws Overcoming Obstacles Boundaries Hardest Healthy Boundaries

Author:Maria Canals Barrera

“The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none.”

Years Bigs Mother Expectations Stones Overcoming Towns Hardest Gaps Coal Hardest Thing Virginia Nineteen Mining Slim Miners Coal Miners Coal Mining

Author:Thomas Jones

“I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself. I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now. Physically, the hardest obstacle I have overcome was severe back issues. [This] resulted in finally getting surgery to replace four discs, which changed my life back to active - which is how I am happiest.”

Thinking I Can Sometimes Enjoy My Own Forget Issues Four Worst Changed Overcoming Critics Obstacles Active Hardest Surgery Severe Here And Now Changed My Life Discs

Author:Tricia Helfer

“The people who need to overcome temptation to the highest degree have the hardest time doing it.”

People Needs Degrees Highest Overcoming Hardest Temptation Hardest Times

Author:Dan Ariely

“The hardest obstacle I've had to overcome is complacency.”

Overcoming Obstacles Hardest Complacency

Author:Malcolm Goodwin

“The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome is probably my first steps into adulthood: paying rent, groceries, cooking, taxes. I was so anxious to grow up, and now I'm wishing I was still a kid.”

Firsts Stills Kids Wish Grows Steps Growing Up Taxes Overcoming Cooking Obstacles Hardest Anxious First Steps Adulthood Groceries Paying Rent

Author:Dillon Lane

“The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is losing my mom four years ago. I wouldn't even say that I've overcome it, really. I don't imagine that I ever will.”

Years Life Is Four Imagine Mom Losing Years Ago Overcoming Obstacles My Mom Hardest Four Years Imagine That

Author:Annie Wersching

“I guess, the hardest obstacles I've had to overcome in my life are deaths of people close to me.”

People Overcoming Obstacles Hardest

Author:Guy Burnet

“I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.”

Thinking Life Is Mother Overcoming Cancer Illness Obstacles Passing Hardest Passings

Author:Edwina Findley

“Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.”

Trying Firsts Persons Made Facts Seems Order Stuff Difficult Walks Drink Overcoming Presses Addiction Bars Hardest Made It Plus Hardest Thing Scrutiny Tabloids

Author:Matthew Perry

“I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.”

Thinking Speak Worst Judging Overcoming Critics Hardest Hardest Thing Judging Yourself

Author:Nile Rodgers

“Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That was the easiest of your tasks, only a beginning, not an ending. Do you believe evil itself to be so quickly overcome? Not so long as men still hate and slay each other, when greed and anger goad them. Against these even a flaming sword cannot prevail, but only that portion of good in all men's hearts whose flame can never be quenched.”

Men Believe Heart Long Said Stills Lasts Hate Evil Lessons Tasks Overcoming Greed Hardest Flames Portions Enchantment

Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“Does everyone feel this way? When I was young, I was perpetually overconfident or insecure. Either I felt completely useless, unattractive, and worthless, or that I was pretty much a success, and everything I did was bound to succeed. When I was confident, I could overcome the hardest challenges. But all it took was the smallest setback for me to be sure that I was utterly worthless. Regaining my self-confidence had nothing to do with success...whether I experienced it as a failure or triumph was utterly dependent on my mood.”

Way Feels Doe Self Young Felt Challenges Confidence Succeed Overcoming Bounds Self Confidence Mood Hardest Triumph Useless Dependent Smallest Insecure Worthless Setback Unattractive Overconfident

Book:The Reader

Source: The Reader

“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

“I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.”

Ifs Men World Way Inspiration Found Loss Conditions Draws Respect Gains Overcoming Hardest Permit Disability Embarrassed Hardest Thing Embarrassment Rating Apologetic His Loss

Author:Alexander P. de Seversky

“The hardest part of being a Christian is surrendering and that is where the real struggle happens. Once we have overcome our own desire to be elevated, our own desire to be recognized, our own desire to be independent and all those things that we value very much because we are Americans and we are part of this American culture. Once we have overcome that struggle then God can use us as a part of His body to accomplish what the body of Christ was left here to accomplish.”

Real Use Body Happens Christian Desire Values Culture Left Christ Struggle Overcoming Independent Accomplish Hardest American Culture Body Of Christ

Author:Rich Mullins