Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Confidence Quotes

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.