Trouble
I shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Do not come to see that. It is not worth the trouble.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble — the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.
Trouble shared is trouble halved.
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.
The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Never meet trouble half-way.
I was trying to be 27 at age 47, but God had to get rid of my vanity. I had trouble letting go of the old Lex physically. My human fleshly nature didn't want to let go of what had come to be billed as 'The Total Package'. I guess God had to help me get rid of the last remnant of that vanity and pride.
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