Will Johnson
Will Johnson
life motivational confidence
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
complaining usual pity
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
fitness exercise labor
Exercise is labor without weariness.
ideas
Words are but the signs of ideas.
humor focus excellence
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
passion love-is
Love is only one of many passions.
wise wisdom knowledge
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
happiness equality animal
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
good-morning lying sunshine
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
life use leisure
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
dog pain world
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
money home house
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
inspirational book writing
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
education reading men
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.