“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
“It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.”
“Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things”
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses”
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”
“May your joys be as bright as the morning, your years of happiness as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and your troubles but shadows that fade in the sunlight of love”
“How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive ”
“Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. ”
“Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles”
“A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast”
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it”
“Babies are always more trouble than you thought -- and more wonderful.”
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
“Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand”
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph ”
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes ”
“Deep experience is never peaceful”
“I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries”