Problems and difficulties Quotes

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish

“It is always good men who do the most harm in the world

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair

The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less

Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.