William Pitt

Whatever it is, people who have more spare time than people ever had before get the sense of whirlwind pressure,and repeat the common criticism that ‘we are going too fast.’ Yet the people live longer than ever before, live with less effort, live on a higher plane. Is it possible that this common saying about our rapid pace is just another thoughtless mob suggestion?

When you doubt the brilliance of your shine, I will take you through my darkness. I will show you where you shine the brightest.

Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

All systems either of preference or of restraint … completely taken away, the obvious and simple system of natural liberty establishes itself of its own accord. Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man.

If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman …

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.

I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer “Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out!

Courage is grace under pressure.