Inspiration Quote by Edith Wharton — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.”

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.”

“There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.”

“Folly is as often justified of her children as wisdom.”

“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

“Speak low, if you speak love.”

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”