Samuel Smiles: It is not ease, but effort,--not facility, but difficulty, that makes men…

It is not ease, but effort,--not facility, but difficulty, that makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.

In today’s wordsIt's not ease but effort, not facility but difficulty, that makes people. Perhaps no station in life exists where difficulties don't have to be met and overcome before any real success is achieved.