Self-Help Quotes

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray "We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us." ~ Anne Of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery "Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I'm not a bit changed--not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real ME--back here--is just the same." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously. ~ The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. ~ Ulysses by James Joyce The right time is ANY time that one is still so lucky as to have. ~ The Ambassadors by Henry James You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~ A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Old habit of mind is one of the toughest things to get away from in the world. It transmits itself like physical form and feature. ~ A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain "You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action." ~ Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham