Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Possibility Quotes

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be...

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy,...

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.