Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Confidence Quotes, Self-esteem Quotes

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Men hate more steadily than they love; and if I have said something to hurt...

Men hate more steadily than they love; and if I have said something to hurt...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...