Samuel Johnson

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.

Suspicion is most often useless pain.

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!

It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

Some critics will write ‘Maya Angelou is a natural writer’ – which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Appearances matter – and remember to smile.

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author.

If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity–to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with? When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both.