Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Mother, Mothers Day, Mothers
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained — who can say this is not greatness?
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Perseverance, Patience, Greatness & Great Things
Which of us that is thirty years old has not had his Pompeii? Deep under ashes lies the life of youth — the careless sport, the pleasure and passion, the darling joy.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Youth
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Risk, Courage
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Friends and Friendship
Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Greatness
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Authors & Writing, Writing
Bravery never goes out of style.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Courage
Life is the soul’s nursery – its training place for the destinies of eternity.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
I never knew a man of letters ashamed of his profession.
—William Makepeace Thackeray
Topics: Literature
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