He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
In plain words
If you know why you are doing something, you can put up with almost anything.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Twilight of the Idols, "Maxims and Arrows," §12, 1888 — Wikiquote's phrasing is a paraphrase popularized via Viktor Frankl; Ludovici's own primary translation (Project Gutenberg) confirms the same aphorism at the same position, in different wording.
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