Darkly Comical Quotes

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration. – Ernest Newman

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow’s burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear. – George MacDonald

A really great man is known by three signs – generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. – Bismark

I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. The optimist has won half the battle, the most important half that that applies to himself, when he begins his approach to a subject with the proper mental attitude. The optimist may not understand, or if he understands he may not agree with, prevailing ideas; but he believes, yes, knows that in the long run and in due course there will prevail whatever is right and best. – Thomas A. Buskner

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. – Disraeli

Don’t be a fault-finding grouch; when you feel like finding fault with somebody or something stop for a moment and think; there is very apt to be something wrong within yourself. Don’t permit yourself to show temper, and always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. – J.J. Reynolds

Pay as little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth – rain or shine. To carry your cargo and make your port in the point. – Maltbie Babcock

People are afraid to think, or they don’t know how. They fail to realize that, while emotions can’t be suppressed, the mind can be strengthened. All over the world people are seeking peace of mind, but there can be no peace of mind without strength of mind. – Eric B. Gutkind