If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose. So the one is pretty equal to the other.
—Jean de La Bruyere
Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.
—Honore de Balzac (French Novelist)
Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little.
—Edmund Burke (Irish Political leader)
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
—Epictetus (Ancient Greek Philosopher)
Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer (Polish-born American Children’s Books Writer)
Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
—Euripides (Ancient Greek Dramatist)
Those who are held wise among men, and who search for the reason of things, are those who bring the most sorrow upon themselves.
—Euripides (Ancient Greek Dramatist)
Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, 50 books per year, and will guarantee your success.
—Brian Tracy (American Author)
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
—Katherine Mansfield (New Zealand-born British Author)
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
—G. K. Chesterton (English Journalist)
Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet)
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
—George Santayana (Spanish Philosopher)
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
—E. M. Forster (English Novelist)