When children are very young you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that not gloss over them.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

What makes this story so remarkable is that throughout my early childhood I had ongoing learning difficulties particularly in mathematics. I struggled to learn the multiplication table and no matter how hard I tried I simply couldn't remember 6 times 7 or 7 times 8.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

Man needs difficulties they are necessary for health.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.