Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

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

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough read more

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.

It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have read more

It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have read more

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are read more

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.