Motivational Status in English

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, andbecome blind to the arguments against it.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

An ounce of ghost is worth a pound of clergy.