Samuel Johnson Quotes

English - Author September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. - Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson

Strength, Patience, Perseverance, Great

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. - Samuel Johnson

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. Samuel Johnson

Love, Great, Self, To Love, Almost

Words are but the signs of ideas. - Samuel Johnson

Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson

Communication, Words, Ideas, Signs

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. - Samuel Johnson

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. Samuel Johnson

Kindness, Power, Our, Even, Fondness

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Samuel Johnson

Passion, Justice, Revenge, Injuries, Act

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. - Samuel Johnson

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Samuel Johnson

World, Staircase, Down, Some, Like, Up

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. - Samuel Johnson

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. Samuel Johnson

Positive, Friend, Mind, Your, Clear

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson

Good, Man, True, Someone, Measure, Him

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge, Scoundrel

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson

Strength, Perseverance, Determination

Top 10
Samuel Johnson
Quotes

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. Samuel Johnson

Life, Nature, Happiness, Knowledge, Own

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. Samuel Johnson

Love, Expectation, Want, Expect, Again

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. - Samuel Johnson

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. Samuel Johnson

Life, World, London, Seeing, Show, Seen

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson

Great, Self-Confidence, First, Requisite

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. Samuel Johnson

Nation, Agriculture, She, Own, Only, Her

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. Samuel Johnson

Nature, Sunshine, Enjoy, Quit, Will, He

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson

Knowledge, Integrity, Dangerous, Useless

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. - Samuel Johnson

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson

Value, Gold, Diamonds, Praise, Only

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Samuel Johnson

Chance, Ship, Jail, Being, Drowned

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. Samuel Johnson

Truth, World, More, Lying, Than, About

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. Samuel Johnson

Life, Man, He, Part, Qualities, His

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. Samuel Johnson

Time, Man, Library, Book, Reading, Turn

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. Samuel Johnson

Men, Together, People, True, Half, Over

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. - Samuel Johnson

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Samuel Johnson

Man, Spring, Flowers, Taste, Scent, He

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. - Samuel Johnson

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson

Marriage, Men, Married, Wives, Bachelors

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson

Broken, Strong, Habit, Weak, Chains, Too

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