Quotation Collection

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams

• courage
• persistence

Good company and good discourse are the sinews of virtue. Izaak Walton

• friends
• associates

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. Rene Descartes

• philosophy
• doubt

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James

• mind
• attitude