Success Quote by Michel de Montaigne — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance.”

“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.”

“There is an abecedarian ignorance that precedes knowledge, and a doctoral ignorance that comes after it”

“Les naturels sanguinaires à l'endroit des bestes, tesmoignent une propension naturelle à la cruauté.”

“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”

“We cannot be held to promises beyond our power or our means. That is why - since nothing is really in our power but our will - it is on the will that all the rules and duties of Man are based and established.”

“It can't be spring if your heart is filled with past failures.”

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

“If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.”

“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”

“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”

“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.”