Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.

[D]o every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty, so that, when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

Everything here, but the soul of man, is a passing shadow. The only enduring substance is within.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.