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“Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.”

Men Kind Made Stuff Trouble Greatness Weak Tests Spite Rise Above Handicaps

Book:Getting on

Source: Getting on

“If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of history and a sanction of evidence), then we are in for trouble - as critics properly nail the particular weakness, and then assume that the whole theory must be in danger if supporters choose such a fatuous case as a primary illustration.”

Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History

“When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.”

Men Wise Trouble Weak Woods Weak Man

Book:Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

“Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept, for among other things, it means realizing that your own mother felt this way, too--unsure of herself, weak in the knees, terrified about what in the world to do with you. It means accepting that she was tired, inept, sometimes stupid; that she, too, sat in the dark at 2:00 A.M. with a child shrieking across the hall and no clue to the child's trouble.”

Source: Living Out Loud

“If you go against someone, you say, you can't vote for these Democrats, they don't have good values, they're not good people, they're weak, they're spineless, they're don't love America, they're giving aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein, that's the kind of thing I think is bad for America, because it stops the voters from thinking. And any time you stop thinking in a free society you get in trouble.”

People Ifs Thinking Giving Kind America Values Trouble Comfort Weak Vote Democrat Aids Voters Good People Saddam Hussein Free Society Spineless Good Values

Author:William J. Clinton

“Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.”

Ifs Cases Worry Trouble Weak Weight Useless Vain Providence Distrust

Author:Hugh Blair

“Make love and not war! 'Cause we don't need no trouble. What we need is love To guide and protect us on. If you hope good down from above, Help the weak if you are strong now.”

Ifs Needs War Helping Strong Causes Trouble Protect Weak Guides Making Love

Author:Bob Marley

“Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.”

People Numbers Trouble Weak Army Sheep

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in manly character; and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn him against failure and trouble.”

Ifs Men Character Shows Hurt Trouble Criticism Weak Manly Censure Weak Points

Author:William E. Gladstone