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

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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence
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The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson

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Students
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Ive had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event. – Paula Radcliffe

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. – Abraham Lincoln

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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success. – Abdul Kalam

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Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within black community by and large. – Henry Louis Gates

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