A Quote by Charles de Saint-Évremond

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Charles de Saint-Évremond

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Charles de Saint-Évremond
French - Critic
April 1, 1613 - September 29, 1703

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Epictetus

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

Epicurus

The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.

George Muller

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Tony Robbins

If you are in Christ, you've been chosen to transcend the borders of your own glory, to reach out toward a greater glory, the glory of God.

Paul David Tripp

Added to the difficulty of learning to speak the language was the greater difficulty of finding terms to express the ideas which the missionary had come halfway round the world to convey.

Helen Barrett Montgomery

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Moliere

You write for glory. You play for glory. There's an ambition to excel, isn't there, to be a star? To score more, to do more, even when it's a team sport. So I think striving for glory is a natural subject for a writer. Seeking fame.

James Salter

Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.

Bernard of Clairvaux

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its glory, or rather that greater glory of which Nature is only the first sketch.

C. S. Lewis

The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has a right to its being opened: and if he ever obtains justice, it is with much greater difficulty than others obtain favors.