22+ Life Is Not Always Easy Quotes. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. Life is easy at other times. Each time we meet someone new or move to a different setting, we're challenged to reveal who we are. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Not to know god, but to have the easy life. When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Rather than taking an easy route, taking a difficult route is more satisfying and interesting. Life is hard at times; Home is neither here nor there.