When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did I suspect that I should be at 49, what I now am.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Confidence Quotes

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

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...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

A vow is a snare for sin

A vow is a snare for sin

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...