The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

Quote by Don Herold

Topics: Failure Quotes, Unhappiness Quotes

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we...

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we...

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the...

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different...

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to...

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to...

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

There's one thing about baldness, it's neat.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles...

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles...

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing...

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing...

Babies are such a nice way to start people

Babies are such a nice way to start people

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of...

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of...

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of...

Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of...

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance