He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

Quote by Richard Whately

Topics: Richard Whately Quotes

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

Happiness is no laughing matter

Happiness is no laughing matter

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

So you think you might have found that someone special that you've been waiting for....

So you think you might have found that someone special that you've been waiting for....