To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Mankind Quotes

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.