Samuel Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.”

“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.”

“Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.”

“There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.”

“Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.”

“Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.”

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.”

“Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.”

“When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.”

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”