“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam book Wings of Fire
Source: Wings of Fire p. 90.
“The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.”
Variant: The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.
Source: The Analects, Other chapters
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