Follow your honest convictions and be strong

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Topics: Conviction Quotes, Honesty Quotes, Strength Quotes

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted...

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted...

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their...

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their...

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to...

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to...