Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Change Quotes, Life Quotes, Motivation Quotes

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can...

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....

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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.

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous...

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to...

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name...

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name...