If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may read more

You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt;
You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule
Should ever be kept at the front;--
Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head
And kick every worriment out of the bed.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

It takes two to get one in trouble.

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.