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

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

Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.

Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

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

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

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 clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.

I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.

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.