Famous Quotes & Sayings

Samuel Johnson

There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.

Samuel Johnson

A man is not obliged honestly to answer a question which should not properly be put.

Samuel Johnson

Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new to him who has quickened his faculties by diligent observation.

Samuel Johnson

That man is never happy for the present is so true, that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting himself for a little while. Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Samuel Johnson

Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding.

Samuel Johnson

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

Samuel Johnson

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Samuel Johnson

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Samuel Johnson

The business of life is to go forward.

Samuel Johnson

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

Samuel Johnson

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Samuel Johnson

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Samuel Johnson

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Samuel Johnson

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Samuel Johnson

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Samuel Johnson

He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.

Samuel Johnson

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Sam Waterston

The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the painfulness of life in the absence of faith.

Sam Altman

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

Sachin Tendulkar

I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.

Sachin Tendulkar

I'm confident and I trust my instincts.

Sachin Tendulkar

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

Sachin Tendulkar

When I walk into bat, I should know that 'Yes, I've prepared to the best of my ability. I couldn't have done anything better.' That is when I feel that I am ready to go out and play.

Sachin Tendulkar

I believe in controlling the control elements. Something where we don't have control on certain things, those things you obviously cannot waste your energy in trying to figure out 'How can I control this?' You would much rather focus all your energy on the things that you can control.

Sachin Tendulkar

It really doesn't matter honestly to look at the scoreboard where it's 20 runs and 2 wickets down or 200 runs, 2 wickets down, because... if you're positive inside it really doesn't matter. It just requires different planning sometimes.

Sachin Tendulkar

Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.

Sachin Tendulkar

There have been ups and downs, but it has taught us a lot in life. Going with the team through those ups and downs is a terrific journey.

Sachin Tendulkar

I hate losing and cricket being my first love, once I enter the ground it's a different zone altogether and that hunger for winning is always there.

Sachin Tendulkar

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.

Sachin Tendulkar

At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.

Sachin Tendulkar

In any profession, there are always ups and downs.