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• Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

  Douglas Wilson

  Issues, Carpet

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• The heart of the path is quite easy. There's no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That's all that I do in my own practice.

  Ajahn Chah

  Love, Letting Go, Hate

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• There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

  Nelson Mandela

  Freedom, Shadow Of Death, Desire

  Nelson Mandela, Robin Malan (1997). “The Essential Nelson Mandela”, David Philip

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• It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Graduation, Philosophy

  'Essays' (1841) 'Self-Reliance'

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• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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• It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.

  Johnny Vegas

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

  J. K. Rowling

  Choices, Inspirational Tattoo, Potters

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• Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

  Theodore Isaac Rubin

  Happiness, Uplifting, Funny Inspirational

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• Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.

  Gayle Forman

  Moving On, Letting Go, Hands

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.94, Penguin

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• Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but caught himself on the edge of the mantelpiece. His eyes drifted around the room, then fixed on my face. For an instant, they blazed clear and pellucid with intelligence. "och, easy, Sassenach, If ye can stand up, you're not drunk." He let go of the mantelpiece, took a step toward me, and crumpled slowly onto the hearth, eyes blank, and a wide, sweet smile on his dreaming face.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Letting Go, Dream, Sweet

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn”, p.1124, Delacorte Press

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• People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  People, Balance, Symmetrical

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• When you're good to yourself, you're actually being good to everyone around you because when you feel good, you'll only react well to other people. At the same time, it's very easy for you to do things for other people when you know that other people are just an extension of yourself.

  Anita Moorjani

  People, Feel Good, Be Good

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• It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Friendship, Wise

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.62, New Directions Publishing

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• Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

  Annie Lennox

  Death, Dying, Scare

  Song: Cold, Album: Diva, 1992

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• When I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters.

  Tony Stewart

  Home, Matter, Way

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• 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Life, Happiness, Smile

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Worth While”

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• Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

  Mark Twain

  Writing, Confusing, Crosses

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• The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Office, Political

  Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American”, p.199, University of Virginia Press

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• Love is like war; easy to begin, hard to end.

  Ann Brashares

  Life, Funny Love, War

  FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Apr 08, 2013

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• There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.

  Fred Rogers

  Believe, Choices, Feelings

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.128, Penguin

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• I play in a position that demands hard work and generosity and little glamour, but I like it.  It’s my job and I like it.  I would rather intercept and steal 10 balls than shoot.  That’s what I’m here for, to make everyone else’s jobs easier.

  Sergio Busquets

  Football, Jobs, Hard Work

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• It was easy to be moral when that was the way you felt anyway. The hard bit about morality was making yourself feel the opposite of what you really felt.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Opposites, Way, Morality

  Alexander McCall Smith (2006). “The Right Attitude to Rain”, p.29, Anchor

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• That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

  Thomas Paine

  Appreciation, Pain, Democracy

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• Realize that if you can instantly create a problem, you can just as quickly and easily create a solution.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Creating

  Twitter post from Oct 26, 2016

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• If only I had the Theorems! Then I should find the proofs easily enough.

  Bernhard Riemann

  Enough, Mathematics, Proof

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