To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness? William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes From William Makepeace Thackeray When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise. William Makepeace Thackeray romanticlooksthinking Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. William Makepeace Thackeray kindnessinspiringinspirational Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray mothers-dayfamilygod The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. William Makepeace Thackeray reflectionattitudepositive A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray laughterinspirationhappiness Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. William Makepeace Thackeray nextexcellenceappreciation Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity. William Makepeace Thackeray trainingdestinysoul A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. William Makepeace Thackeray flatteryfoolears Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting. William Makepeace Thackeray returnmirrorslife A cheerful look brings joy to the heart. William Makepeace Thackeray cheerfulheartjoy To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. William Makepeace Thackeray loverelationshiplife We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift, riding-horses, pack-horses, highwaymen, knights in armor, Norman invaders, Roman legions, Druids, Ancient Britons painted blue, and so forth -- all these belong to the old period. But your railroad starts the new era, and we of a certain age belong to the new time and the old one. We who lived before railways, and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark. William Makepeace Thackeray horsebluefather Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful. William Makepeace Thackeray peacefulfriendshipmen Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you. William Makepeace Thackeray successinspirationalfunny I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses. William Makepeace Thackeray moralmenbelieve Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! William Makepeace Thackeray vanityfatewise Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful nights, and so forth; but it is only in very sentimental novels that people occupy themselves perpetually with that passion, and I believe what are called broken hearts are a very rare article indeed. William Makepeace Thackeray griefdisappointmentbelieve You can't order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow. William Makepeace Thackeray remembranceyesterdayorder There is a skeleton in every house. William Makepeace Thackeray skeletonshouse People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. William Makepeace Thackeray conceitedselfpeople
