William Makepeace Thackeray Famous Quotes
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness
"To love and win is the best thing, to love and lose, the next best."
"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."
"'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry -- every man of every nation has done that -- 'tis the living up to it that's difficult."
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
Life is the soul's nursery--Its training place for the destinies of eternity.
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
"Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb."
William Makepeace Thackeray Quotations
"If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking."
Lyndon B Johnson
We are all born originals--why is it so many of us die copies
Edward Young
The only lasting trauma is the one we suffer without positive change.
Dr
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at its root.
Henry David Thoreau
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde
The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence cynicism.
Albert Camus
"I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
Andy Rooney
A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
Joey Adams
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Thomas Fuller