I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention—invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie Genius, Innovation, Inspirational, Laziness, Positive You May Also Like You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you’re certainly responsible for getting back up. By REVEREND JESSE JACKSON Failure, Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Success One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. By Albert Schweitzer Adversity, Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Success Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not. By Virgil Thomson Advice, Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. By Eleanor Roosevelt Action, Criticism, Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting … be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. By William Shakespeare Greatness, Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Achievement, Capability, Inspirational, Motivational, Success You May Also Like from Agatha Christie I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know that just to be alive is a grand thing. By Agatha Christie Depression, Life, Positive, Uplifting Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. By Agatha Christie Addiction, Habits Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her. By Agatha Christie Love, Relationship, Romantic One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. By Agatha Christie Funn
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you’re certainly responsible for getting back up. By REVEREND JESSE JACKSON Failure, Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Success
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. By Albert Schweitzer Adversity, Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Success
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not. By Virgil Thomson Advice, Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful
Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. By Eleanor Roosevelt Action, Criticism, Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting
… be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. By William Shakespeare Greatness, Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Achievement, Capability, Inspirational, Motivational, Success
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know that just to be alive is a grand thing. By Agatha Christie Depression, Life, Positive, Uplifting
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. By Agatha Christie Addiction, Habits
Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her. By Agatha Christie Love, Relationship, Romantic
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. By Agatha Christie Funn
