Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

Quote by Arnold Bennett

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The moment you're born you're done for.

The moment you're born you're done for.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces...

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces...

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

The moment you're born you're done for.

The moment you're born you're done for.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps...

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps...

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell,...

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell,...

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best...

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best...