सुप्रभात! Quotes

Things do not happen.

Things are made to happen.

When angry, count to four;

when very angry, swear.

I have no other view than to promote the public good,

and am unambitious of honors not founded,

in the approbation of my Country.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

Somewhere,

something incredible is waiting to be known.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die At any time.

Happiness is secured through virtue;

it is a good attained by living well.

A nation does not become prosperous by chance.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Lord save us all from old age

and broken health and a hope tree

that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

Sometimes when you innovate,

you make mistakes.

It is best to admit them quickly,

and get on with improving your other innovations.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose.

It cannot have both.

If I like a thing,

it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.

If a man had more than one life,

I think a little hanging would not hurt this one;

but after he is once dead,

we cannot bring him back,

no matter how sorry we may be;

so the boy shall be pardoned.

The time comes upon every public man

when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Focusing is about saying no.

Trust your instinct to the end,

though you can render no reason.

Life is full of misery,

loneliness,

and suffering—and it’s all over much too soon.