Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Dedication Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Perseverance Quotes

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

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...

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...