A quotation found in my desk’s stack of papers

Difficulties show men what they are. In the case of any difficulty, God has pitted you against a rough antagonist so that you might be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
— Epictetus

4 comments

JS says:

October 3, 2003 at 9:46 am

Good quote. I needed that today.
Bryan Baldwin says:

October 3, 2003 at 11:24 am

I needed it, too.
Wonder if I’d get fired for putting it up on my office door?
Eric Johnson says:

October 3, 2003 at 1:08 pm

Just tell them that “rough antagonist” is a metaphor, and that by “God” you mean “senior management.” That’ll get ya by.
Mark Sullivan says:

October 3, 2003 at 5:37 pm

Thanks for the great quote.

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