Attempting Quote by Samuel Johnson

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he…

— Samuel Johnson

“Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.”

— John C. Maxwell

For a man not to achieve the things he has an opportunity to do is such a waste of life.

— Jake Simmons, Jr

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

— Samuel Johnson

To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of…

— Eric Hoffer

Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void.

— Johann Gottfried Seume

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

— William Feather

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is…

— Elspeth Huxley

Every man is eloquent once in his life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory.

— John Keats

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use…

— Rene Descartes

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life…

— Samuel Johnson