Never complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income.
—Robert R. Updegraff
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
—Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Composer, Musician
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. 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.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Inventor
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you and you have to battle with only one of them.
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American Head of State, Lawyer
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife not belonging to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Some people develop eye strain looking for trouble
—Unknown
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.
—Unknown
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
—E. W. Howe (1853–1937) American Novelist, Editor
Most troubles arise from loafing when we should be working or talking when we should be listening.
—Arnold Glasow (1905–98) American Businessman
I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
—James A. Garfield (1831–81) American Head of State, Lawyer, Educator
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
It is not the will of God to give us more troubles than will bring us to live by faith on him; he loves us too well to give us a moment of uneasiness but for our good.
—William Romaine (1714–95) English, Calvinist Preacher
The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow; and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800) English Anglican Poet, Hymn writer
When I go to bed, I leave my troubles in my clothes.
—Dutch Proverb
Sorrow comes soon enough without despondency; it does a man no good to carry around a lightning-rod to attract trouble.
—Anonymous
The thorns which I have reap’d are of the tree
I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed.
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
—Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) Anglican Bishop of London
A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.
—Guy Finley
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Trouble will come soon enough, and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible. Like the tax collector, he is a disagreeable chap to have in one’s house, but the more amiably you greet him the sooner he will go away.
—Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward) (1834–67) American Humorist, Writer
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.
—Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018) American Religious Leader, Author
When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, “I knew he was mortal.” So we in all casualties of life should say, “I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man.” Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Calamity is the test of integrity.
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) English Novelist, Printer, Publisher
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