Trouble Quotes

I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, they don't belong in the house with my wife and children. So, I just hang them on the tree when I come home in the evening and then I just pick them up again in the morning.
from The Trouble Tree

Even hope may seem but futile, when with troubles you're beset,
But remember you are facing just what other men have met.
Edgar A Guest, from See It Through

Wise are they who have learned these truths:
Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
William Arthur Ward

If I could take your troubles I would toss them in the sea
But all these things I'm finding are impossible for me.
Sandra Lewis Pringle, from If I Could Catch A Rainbow

Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.
Sir Winston Churchill

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
Korean Proverb

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

Today is the day I want to be free, and not let life troubles get to me.
Semetra C. Vanison, from Today Is The Day

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
Charles F. Kettering

It's how do you say "good morning" to the people along the way,
And it's how do you face your troubles whenever your skies are gray.
Edgar A Guest, from What Counts

There may be troubled waters along the many paths my life shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel afloat, and guide myself straight.
Robert M. Hensel

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.
Jerome P. Fleishman

So pack up your troubles and take a step forward - The process of change can be tough, but think about all the excitement ahead.
from As You Travel Through Life….

But somehow, as day always follows the night,
Most of our troubles work out all right.
Edgar A. Guest, from Things Work Out

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
Soren Kierkegaard

Some people develop eye strain looking for trouble.
Everyone has 20/20 hindsight.
Author Unknown, from The Road To Success is Always Under Construction

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this:
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."
Ann Landers

Trouble is, in our own lives, we do a similar thing far too often and then wonder why things turn out wrong.
Jill Devine, from Timing is Everything!

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
from Be Thankful

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

Trouble rides a fast horse.
Italian Proverb

There is a saying that goes like: "write your troubles in dust, your blessings in marble."
from Inspirational Sayings

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.
Samuel Johnson

Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Trouble hates nothing as much as a smile.
Irish Proverb

Give your troubles to God, He will be up all night anyway.
from Achieve Your Dreams

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that.
Walt Disney

One-half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
Josh Billings

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Elbert Hubbard