“Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.”

“We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.”

“It is not possible to satisfy women," a friend said. "We are disturbed if we have children too young. Disturbed if we have then later. Disturbed if we don't have children at all.”

“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity”

“When she looked in the glass and saw her hair grey her cheek sunk, at fifty, she thought, possibly she might have managed things better--her husband; money; his books. But for her own part she would never for a single second regret her decision, evade difficulties, or slur over duties”

“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.”