“A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.”
""I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.""
- Herman Melville
Courage
"I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."
- Herman Melville
Adversity
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
- Herman Melville
Creativity
"It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation."
- Herman Melville
Creativity
"With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!"
- Herman Melville
Aspirations
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
- Vince Lombardi
Well-being
"Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. That always worries me!"
- Charlie Brown
Well-being
"People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass."
- Sophia Petrillo
Well-being
"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work."
- Robert Orben
Well-being
"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."
- John Gotti
Well-being