Charles Dickens

Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.

I only ask to be free, the butterflies are free.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

But to do for the world more than the world does for you, that is Success.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, young and old shared just a little of what he is good at doing.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.

Every loss of life is terrible.

Everything intelligent is so boring.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

What a guy, what a fool am I, to think my breaking heart could kid the moon.

In this life you have to learn to get up because the road is full of stones.

Whatever it is, people who have more spare time than people ever had before get the sense of whirlwind pressure,and repeat the common criticism that ‘we are going too fast.’ Yet the people live longer than ever before, live with less effort, live on a higher plane. Is it possible that this common saying about our rapid pace is just another thoughtless mob suggestion?

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

The satisfaction that arises from honest accomplishment is of far more value in the promotion of human happiness than the thrill that comes with the realization of materialistic aspirations.