Aim Quote by Samuel Johnson

He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures as a…

— Wilferd Peterson

The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives…

— Bill Vaughan

“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he would rather…

— Seneca

A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.

— Thomas Browne

A man must become wise at his own expense.

— Michel de Montaigne

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

— Aristotle

It is not good for man to cherish a solitary ambition. Unless there be those around him, by whose example he may regulate himself,…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

— Warren G. Harding

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

He is the wise man who has by perfect living gained the instinct of rightness by which he guides himself, whether in thought or…

— Nilakanta Sri Ram

The man who succeeds must always in mind or imagination live, move, think, and act as if he had gained that success, or he…

— Prentice Mulford