Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. – Bruce Barton Category: Opportunity
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen Category: Opportunity
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson Category: Habits
We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. – Martin Van Buren Category: Peace
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. – Hilaire Belloc Category: Deception/Lying
