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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Mankind Quotes

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a...

I have ever since (his wife's death) seemed to myself broken off from mankind; a...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Getting to the top isn't bad, and it's probably best done as an afterthought.

Getting to the top isn't bad, and it's probably best done as an afterthought.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

A vow is a snare for sin

A vow is a snare for sin