Arnold Bennett Quotes
Best 10 Other Quotes by Arnold Bennett
“All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.”
“Any change, even a change for the better is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”
“Happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.”
“Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.”
“It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is best from the top.”
“Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.”
“The chief beauty about time
is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled,
as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour
if you choose.”
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“The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.”
“There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.”
“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure in to which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.”
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