Herbert Samuel Quotes

For all of us it’s the things that won’t work that keep our interest.

Trouble is part of your life

The only way out of a hole is to climb out.

There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.

Every solution of a problem is a new problem.

The right way is the hard way.

When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.

It's much easier to point out the problem than it is to say just how it should be solved.

Hard work and best efforts will not by themselves dig us out of the pit.

They say behind mountains are more mountains.

Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.

If Leo is at his level, it's going to be very difficult to find a solution to stop him.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

Some of the things are the same no matter which world you're in, kid. One of 'em is this: The quickest way out of something is usually straight through it.

Everything of worth is found full of difficulties.

This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.

There is no gain without struggle.

Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

There is no excellency without difficulty.

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.

Life is a series of problems.

A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.