"Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted."
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"Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life."
"Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint."
"If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are; we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise."
"You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble."
"Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas."
"There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves."
"The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so."
"Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is."
"Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble."
"I love my people and I don't hate nobody and it keeps me out of trouble."
"It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things."
"Everybody's got their troubles."
"The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership."
"The trouble with many religions, accused of wishful thinking, is that they are not wishful enough. They show a deplorable lack of imagination."
"When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble."
"Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more."
"You transform all who are touched by you. Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, bringing JOY."
"Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles."
"Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing."