Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

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.

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.

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to read more

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man read more

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real read more

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.