Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOne of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY