“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”
Source: The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].
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Source: Mrs. Warren's Profession
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”
Source: Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”
Source: Civilization on Trial
“Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.”
Source: Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno, Volume 3: Our Lord Don Quixote
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts
“Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?”
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
Source: Walt Whitman Quotes... Vol. 20: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Walt Whitman
“Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
Source: The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights and Inspirational Conversations
“Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.”
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
Source: Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”
Source: Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur
“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”
Source: Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words
“There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is”
Source: The Majesty of Calmness
“The world belongs to the energetic.”
Source: Letters and Social Aims
“Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.”
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”
Source: What I Know For Sure