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The Economic Times
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Piyush Shukla

Quote of the Day by Seneca: “It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because...” — Inspiring life lessons on courage, resilience, confidence, perseverance, self-growth, and why taking the first step can make difficult challenges easier by the ancient Roman Stoic philosopher

Quote of the Day by Seneca: There are moments when a difficult decision looks almost impossible before we have even tried. A new career, an important examination, a difficult conversation, a business idea, a relationship, or simply the decision to change an old habit can feel larger than it really is. The fear arrives first, and the difficulty seems to follow. Seneca’s famous quote challenges that order.

Seneca asks us to examine whether an obstacle is genuinely as large as it appears, or whether hesitation has quietly made it larger.

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