Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubertwas a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 May 1754
CountryFrance
blessing victory progress
Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
gratitude blessing evil
If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.
cannot hold itself life soft together
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together
friends-or-friendship profile
When my friends are one-eyed, I look at their profile
book reading worst
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
country travel life-is
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
kindness loving people
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
fighting battle fists
Fight your battles with words, not fists
goodbye saying-goodbye forever
I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?
couple kids writing
A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you can get your hands on so you can become familiar with different forms of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism. That's very important. And also keep a journal. Not so much, because it's good writing practice. Although it is, but more because it's a wonderful source of story starters.
thinking people want
Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
home order world
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
choose friend marriage whom woman
Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man
want-him want said
I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie