--- title: "13 Difficulty Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "13 Difficulty quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Difficulty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1087448.png" --- > [Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-that-of-surmounting-difficulties/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1087448.png) > [Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no-praise/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/samuel-johnson-50_adversity_where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no_1311820.png) > [Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/those-who-will-not-take-the-trouble-to-think-for-themselves-have/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_those-who-will-not-take-the-trouble-to-t_1560026.png) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/samuel-johnson-50_behaviour_nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-unde_16402.png) > [A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-fellow-will-hack-half-a-year-at-a-block-of-marble-to-make-something/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/samuel-johnson-50_artist_a-fellow-will-hack-half-a-year-at-a-bloc_2615212.png) > [To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-strive-with-difficulties-and-to-conquer-them-is-the-highest-human-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/samuel-johnson-50_ads_to-strive-with-difficulties-and-to-conqu_2160468.jpg) > [That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-eminence-of-learning-is-not-to-be-gained-without-labour-at-least/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/samuel-johnson-50_acquisition_that-eminence-of-learning-is-not-to-be-g_1996102.png) > [The fortitude which has encountered no dangers, that prudence which has surmounted no difficulties, that integrity which has been attacked by no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-fortitude-which-has-encountered-no-dangers-that-prudence-which/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/samuel-johnson-50_danger_the-fortitude-which-has-encountered-no-d_2921827.png) > [Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-that-of-surmounting-difficulties-3/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/samuel-johnson-50_conquer_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1693000.png) > [If an author be supposed to involve his thoughts in voluntary obscurity, and to obstruct, by unnecessary difficulties, a mind eager in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-an-author-be-supposed-to-involve-his-thoughts-in-voluntary/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/samuel-johnson-50_boast_if-an-author-be-supposed-to-involve-his_2218153.png) > [The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-mental-disease-of-the-present-generation-is-impatience-of-study-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/samuel-johnson-50_ancestor_the-mental-disease-of-the-present-genera_2630561.png) > [It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-very-natural-for-young-men-to-be-vehement-acrimonious-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/samuel-johnson-50_conclusion_it-is-very-natural-for-young-men-to-be-v_2895023.png) > [Consultation and compliance can conduce little to the perfection of any literary performance; for whoever is so doubtful of his own abilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/consultation-and-compliance-can-conduce-little-to-the-perfection-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/samuel-johnson-50_ability_consultation-and-compliance-can-conduce_2928575.png) ## Other authors on Difficulty ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficulty/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Difficulty Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-that-of-surmounting-difficulties/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1087448.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1087448.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/samuel-johnson-50_difficulty_life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-tha_1087448.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no-praise/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/samuel-johnson-50_adversity_where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no_1311820.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/samuel-johnson-50_adversity_where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no_1311820.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/samuel-johnson-50_adversity_where-there-is-no-difficulty-there-is-no_1311820.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; 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