Quote by Samuel Johnson
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficult

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Courage
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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Reputation
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Other Quotes from
Success
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When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you. – Christina Aguilera

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Success

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. – Barbra Streisand

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Success

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills. – Mahalia Jackson

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Success

To find someone who will love you through success and failure is to discover how little life has to do with either. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Success

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I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball – just spend a lot more time with my family. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Family

Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young. – Sainte-Beuve, Portraits littéraires, 1862

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Inner Child

Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends. – Author unknown

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Dieting

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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