I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship
Alcott, Louisa May

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.
Allport, Gordon Willard

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
Barr, Amelia Edith

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Baruch, Bernard Mannes

Most problems have either many answers or no answer. Only a few problems have one answer.
Berkeley, Edmund C

In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us
Billings, Josh

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

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Bradstreet, Anne Dudley

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
Brandeis, Justice Louis D

I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem
Brilliant, Ashleigh

The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.
Brown, Gene

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Buckham, James

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
Buddha

Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves; and He loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Burke, Edmund

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve.  Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Butterworth, Eric

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

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

The Gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Confucius

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Corneille, Pierre

Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Da Vinci, Leonardo

The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
De Gaulle, General Charles-André-Joseph-Marie

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
De La Fontaine, Jean

Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life.
Desai, Morarji