Trouble Quotes

• If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

  Thomas Paine

  Veterans Day, Time, Peace

  Thomas Paine (2003). “Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine”, p.96, Penguin

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• The trouble with conspiracies, even those that are to everybody's advantage in the long run, is that they are open to abuse. If manipulators really had the powers claimed, they could win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science.

  Richard Dawkins

  Running, Winning, Long

  "The Selfish Gene". Book by Richard Dawkins, 1976.

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• It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Easier

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• I've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It ruins a romantic idea, which might just be an illusion, a sense of depth or continuity. I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kind of geographical culture. The world is getting so small, and mass production is getting so big. Everything is in danger of becoming the same.

  Laura Marling

  Character, Unique, Technology

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• The things I never say never get me into trouble.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Never Say Never

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• A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Patience, Encouragement, Wrinkles

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• Count your blessings - not your troubles.

  Hendrik de Vries

  Wisdom, Blessing, Newborn

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• That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Children, Growing Up

  "Walt Disney World: Then, Now, & Forever". Book by Jeff Kurtti, October 7, 2008.

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  The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Integrity, Yoga

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• People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.

  William Faulkner

  Frustration, People, Needs

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• Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Fashion, War

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.58

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• Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Adversity, Common, Conflict

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• If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

  J. Bowyer Bell

  Want, Chaos, Ifs

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• The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

  Doug Larson

  Cute, Graduation, Experience

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• The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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• Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

  William Ralph Inge

  Life, Happiness, Wisdom

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• The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

  Thomas Paine

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

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• You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

  Robin Williams

  Life, Philosophy, Memorable

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• I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

  Stefan Edberg

  Character, Thinking, Shows

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• The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them

  Mother Teresa

  People, Forgiving, And Love

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• To take arms against a sea of troubles.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Sea, Speech

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. 56

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• I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Inspirational, Kindness, Life Lesson

  Rudyard Kipling (2015). “Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories: Short Story Collections”, p.165, 谷月社

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• Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.

  Maltbie Davenport Babcock

  Gratitude, Adversity, Blessing

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• When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

  Angelina Jolie

  Trust, Intuition, Instinct

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• Laugh, and the world laughs with you: Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Sad, Laughter, Being Alone

  'Solitude'

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