“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.”
"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
- Samuel Johnson
Love
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson
Compassion
"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
- Samuel Johnson
Compassion
"Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life."
- Samuel Johnson
Compassion
"Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment."
- Samuel Johnson
Self-awareness
"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."
- Michael Larsen
Hard Work
"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
- Colin Powell
Hard Work