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.

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.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.