Arduous Quotes

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What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning… — Daniel Goleman
Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in. — Brigham Young
The origin of the political relations between the United States and France is coeval with the first years of our independence. The memory of it… — John Quincy Adams
I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process. — Jane Fonda
A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must… — Kim Jong Il
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. — George Bernard Shaw
I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel. — Rufus Wainwright
Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I… — Joss Whedon
While learning to code may have once been an arduous or expensive process, the college dropouts who developed Codecademy have democratized coding as surely as… — Douglas Rushkoff
There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing… — Marcel Proust
...your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments; hence,… — Marquis de Sade
It was as if they had leapt over the arduous cavalry of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the DoppelschlÃ¤ferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Nature is a hanging judge," goes an old saying. Many tragedies come from our physical and cognitive makeup. Our bodies are extraordinarily improbable arrangements of… — Steven Pinker
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.… — Mahatma Gandhi
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one… — Wendell Berry
Drop envy and jealousy, otherwise there is no possibility - because love cannot exist where envy and jealousies exist. Then your search is only for… — Rajneesh
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive… — George Balanchine
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and… — Lincoln Kirstein

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