From Josh Billings: “Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.”
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Quote of the day 07/08/26
From Sophocles: “One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
Quote of the day 04/23/26
From Albert Einstein: “Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Quote of the day 01/12/26
From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes easier—not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased.”
Quote of the day 10/21/25
From Seneca: “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
Quote of the day 10/13/25
From Epictetus: “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
Quote of the day 05/27/25
From Miyamoto Musashi: “From one thing, know ten thousand things.”
Quote of the day 05/26/25
From Miyamoto Musashi: “You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.”
Quote of the day 05/25/25
From Miyamoto Musashi: “Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.”
Quote of the day 05/24/25
From Miyamoto Musashi: “There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.”