It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are read more

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Since sorrow never comes too late
And happiness too swiftly flies.

Since sorrow never comes too late
And happiness too swiftly flies.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In read more

In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In omni adversitate fortunae, infelicissimum genus est
infortunii fuisse felicem.]

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have read more

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.