Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
adversity men prosperity
For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
hero mean men
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
silence speech eternity
Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
ocean loss technology
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.
writing labor idleness
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
happiness laughter brave-person
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
moving heart ties
Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy.
ego faults misery
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
minorities opinion starting
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
lying men muhammad
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.
achievement excellence intellectual
Let each become all that he was created capable of being.
education mistake learning
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
positive stay-strong inspirational-life
Every noble work is at first impossible.
inspirational motivational time
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.