Motivational Status in English

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible and those who do the improbable.

Genius is born—not paid.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.