Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It's what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a peak until you're coming down. And that's it you know, you never know what's round the corner. But it's all good. "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.

Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

Stop a bit and think it over. There do be some knots mighty aisy to tie but the untying is a cat of a different brade.

I am not, proceeded Susan firmly, going to lament or whine or question the wisdom of the Almighty any more as I have been doing lately. Whining and shirking and blaming Providence do not get us anywhere. We have just got to grapple with whatever we have to do whether it is weeding the onion patch, or running the Government. I shall grapple. Those blessed boys have gone to war; and we women, Mrs. Dr. dear, must tarry by the stuff and keep a stiff upper lip.

into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

I think," said Anne slowly, "that I really have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as the foreshadowing of victory.

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, It's a slip and not a fall.

The only difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is the way we address the rocks cast into our path.