Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions do not try to break them but bend them with gentleness and time.
Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties passing from one step of success to another forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
The battle of life is in most cases fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for there would be nothing to be achieved.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
When we long for life without difficulties remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
Even modern English people are imperious superior ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.
As a kid I quite fancied the romantic Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.
Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
When children are very young you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that not gloss over them.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table and no matter how hard I tried I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.
We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
Man needs difficulties they are necessary for health.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Where the willingness is great the difficulties cannot be great.
As the economy faces such difficulties more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.
We have to pray with our eyes on God not on the difficulties.
Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home I think can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.