Quote by Arnold Bennett

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from

Summary

This quote suggests that the path of least resistance may be easier to take, but the true beauty and perspective can be found by overcoming challenges and reaching higher levels. It implies that while downhill journeys might be effortless and convenient, they may not offer the same reward and insight as the uphill struggle. The quote encourages individuals to persevere through difficulties in order to ultimately gain a broader and more enriching outlook on life.

Topics

Effort

By Arnold Bennett

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge once

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.

Knowledge

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Action(s)

I'll see you in my dreams.

I'll see you in my dreams.

Dreams

There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.

There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.

George Santayana

Sympathy

I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you

I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.

Love Inspirational

If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have

If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Superiority

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional positi

I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.

Tallulah Bankhead

Sex

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because h

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.

Megan Whalen Turner

Love Marriage Royalty Attolia Eugenides

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar agains

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

Music

The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as

The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible.

Conformity & Nonconformity

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything t

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

Orison Swett Marden

Great

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert, Dune, "Litany Aga

Fear