Bliss Quote by Charlotte Bronte

The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and performs, resolves and executes!

— Hannah More

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion-makes the thought start into action, and at once plans and performs, resolves and executes.”

— Hannah Moore

And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires…

— Mary Church Terrell

Our life is like th' unstable wave, Our bloom of youth decays. Our joys are brief as lightning flash In summer's cloudy days, Our…

— Bhartrhari

O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger…

— Anonymous

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt;…

— Plutarch

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the…

— Plutarch

Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.

— Gautama Buddha

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the…

— Plutarch

That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's imagination crumbles…

— Hector Berlioz