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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Confidence Quotes, Self-esteem Quotes

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...