Charles Buxton
Charles Buxton
Charles Buxtonwas an English brewer, philanthropist, writer and member of Parliament...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth18 November 1823
cold truth-is results
All high truth is poetry. Take the results of science: they glow with beauty, cold and hard as are the methods of reaching them.
bitterness bitter feels
Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter.
men insult injury
I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.
success positive-attitude enthusiasm
Sometimes success is due less to ability than to zeal.
men poison victim
A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.
life winning chess
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
children block book
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him
sea-breeze water sailing
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
pain failure mean
Failure means that you would not, or could not, pay for success. Success is a matter of sale. It can (most often) be bought by a large outlay--of hard forethought--of pains--of steadiness--of the golden wisdom coined from experience. But the figure is too high for most of us. We are too poor, or too slothful, to bring the price.
pleasure pleasant
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
determination powerful differences
The longer I live, the more deeply am I convinced that that which makes the difference between one person and another-between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant-is energy-invisible determination.
procrastination indulge-in done
Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it.
effort facts
The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.
men poison bitter
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.