If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Belief Quotes

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be so...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature...

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to...

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tolerance is only another name for indifference

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special,...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

I thought I would someday outgrow Ramen noodles. Man, was I wrong.

I thought I would someday outgrow Ramen noodles. Man, was I wrong.